Senior program associate Owen Barder was interviewed for this article about research incentives for companies to produce vaccines that can cure diseases that primarily affect the world's poorest populations.
From the article:
Another possibility would be to offer manufacturers the incentive of guaranteed vaccine purchase by a government or other entity, Owen Barder, senior program assistant at the Center for Global Development, told UPI.
Not only would this address the issue of research and development, but also distribution, he said, because governments and other entities have the capability of doing that.