Global Pandemic Treaty: Vaccine-Maker Adar Poonawalla's Pitch At Davos

Adar Poonawalla also told NDTV about the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines that he hopes would "even be able to block transmission".

By the time the next pandemic rolls in, Adar Poonawalla, Chief Executive at the world's biggest vaccine maker Serum Institute of India, hopes the world will be better prepared, and to do so, countries will agree on a "global pandemic treaty".

"I am hoping to use the platform here and everyone whether it is the world leaders and multilateral organisations to draft some sort of a global pandemic treaty which would help the global solidarity of coming together," he told NDTV on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

"We all know what went wrong and what went right in this pandemic and some of the things that went wrong in terms of sharing of raw materials and vaccines, recognising vaccine certificates, global harmonisation of clinical trials and manufacturing, making more vaccines and treatments accessible globally - these are the kind of things I would hope to establish," Mr Poonawalla said.

"It may not be enforceable, but at least it offers some kind of framework and commitment like you see for climate change," he added.