The Academy of Medical Sciences and Royal Society held a?symposium in follow up to the joint?report 'Pandemic Influenza: Science to Policy', published in November 2006. The symposium highlighted recent advances in our understanding of avian influenza, antiviral drug resistance, vaccine development and epidemiology and addressed how scientific evidence has informed development of the UK framework for responding to an influenza pandemic. The symposium brought together key academics, stakeholders and policymakers for an active and open discussion, including presentations by leading researchers in the field.
A programme and?report of the symposium can be found below.