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The Global Health Technologies Coalition, FIND, Medicines for Malaria Venture, IAVI, PATH, and TB Alliance welcome the establishment of the G20 Global Coalition for Local and Regional Production, Innovation and Equitable Access.We are particularly supportive of the focus on innovation to develop the missing health tools needed by some of the world’s most neglected communities—including those facing historically neglected diseases, such as leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and dengue, as well as more common poverty-related diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria.We are encouraged by the Coalition’s focus on strengthening local and regional production to promote more equitable access to safe, affordable, quality, and effective health products and technologies. Shifting the center of gravity of innovation, manufacturing, and production to countries and regions that carry the greatest burden of disease will help reduce disparities and build resilience into health systems. Current outbreaks like mpox highlight the need for manufacturing capacity in all regions. G20 countries are uniquely situated to mobilize the necessary scientific and financial resources to make this Coalition a success and build upon knowledge, as well as match capabilities and needs across G20 countries and other invited countries and partners.We commend Brazil for its leadership, and we urge leaders to ensure civil society and community voices have a seat at the table. Our organizations stand ready to support the Coalition.

Page 1 of 4 Dear Leaders Schumer and McConnell, Speaker Johnson, and Leader Jeffries, On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write to urge you to include a comprehensive reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) in a legislative package before the end of the 118th Congressional Session. The Senate and House health committees have each passed reauthorization bills that make critical improvements to our nation’s health security programs, originally authorized in PAHPA. These programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, such as the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (now the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response) and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), will be called upon to prevent, prepare for, and respond to any national health security threats. These threats—whether they emerge from advances in biotechnology and artificial intelligence, naturally occurring outbreaks, major storms, deliberate attacks, or accidents—require an agile, authorized, responsive government infrastructure. The PAHPA framework, which was originally authorized 17 years ago, expired on September 30, 2023, requiring stopgap, temporary extensions in prior continuing resolutions. However, we urge you to pass a comprehensive PAHPA reauthorization package, one that includes key new provisions that strengthen US preparedness and response capabilities, before the end of the year. The last three PAHPA reauthorization packages shared major recurring themes: they all adjusted to the changing threat landscape, focused on challenges identified since the prior bill, and strengthened our nation’s health security with each reauthorization. A new reauthorization bill would continue to do that by strengthening existing programs and continuing to adapt and improve America’s health security infrastructure for new and future challenges. Failing to reauthorize PAHPA now would have serious effects on our country’s economic wellbeing, national security, and health given the rapidly changing threat landscape. For example, Congress would leave critical preparedness programs—like the Strategic National Stockpile, medical supply chain resilience, and hospital preparedness programs—without clear direction and oversight. November 13, 2024 The Honorable Charles Schumer Majority Leader US Senate S-221 Capitol Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Mike Johnson Speaker of the House US House of Representatives H-232 Capitol Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Minority Leader US Senate S-230 Capitol Building Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Hakeem Jeffries Minority Leader US House of Representatives H-204 Capitol Building Washington, DC 20515 Page 2 of 4 We are hopeful that PAHPA will remain a strong bipartisan legislative framework, as it has always been. We stand ready to assist you however we can to help get this important law reauthorized this year. Thank you for your attention to this critical matter; please contact Joel Straus at joel.straus@jhu.edu with any questions. Sincerely (in alphabetical order), 1Day Sooner Acadian Companies Adjuvant Capital, LP AdvaMed Aequor Inc. American Academy of Pediatrics American Ambulance Association American Clinical Laboratory Association American College of Emergency Physicians American College of Physicians American College of Surgeons American Lung Association American Medical Manufacturers Association (AMMA) American Public Health Association American Society for Microbiology Antheia, Inc. Arizona Bioindustry Association, Inc. (AZBio) Association of American Medical Colleges Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs Association of Public Health Laboratories Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America ATCC Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Bavarian Nordic Big Cities Health Coalition BIO Biocom California BioCT BioForward Wisconsin BioNJ BioUtah BluZoneBio LLC Bugworks California Life Sciences Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen) Civitas Networks for Health Codagenix Colorado BioScience Association Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Council of State Bioscience Associations Dentec Safety Specialists Elusys Therapeutics, Inc. Emergent BioSolutions Federation of American Hospitals FluGen Inc. Genentech, a member of the Roche Group Georgetown University Georgia Bio Gerontological Society of America Global Health Investment Corporation (GHIC) Global Health Technologies Coalition GSK Page 3 of 4 Hamilton Grace LLC Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Health Industry Distributors Association Health Supply US Healthcare Distribution Alliance Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Helix, Inc. High Alert Institute, Inc. HIV Medicine Association IAVI Illinois Biotechnology Innovation Organization, iBIO Indiana Life Sciences Association Infectious Diseases Society of America Institute for Progress Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Life Science Tennessee Life Sciences Pennsylvania Maryland Tech Council Mass General Brigham Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio) Maxter Healthcare Inc Medical Alley Medical Countermeasures Coalition Michigan Biosciences Industry Association (MichBio) Missouri Biotechnology Association Montana BioScience Alliance Mount Sinai Health System NC Life Sciences Organization Neuroene Therapeutics New Mexico Biotechnology & Biomedical Association New Orleans BioInnovation Center NewYorkBIO Ohio Life Sciences Oregon Bioscience Association Premier Inc. Public Health Accreditation Board READDI, Inc. Recce Pharmaceuticals Ltd Research!America Roche Diagnostics SAB Biotherapeutics, Inc. Sanofi Scbio Scorpius Biomanufacturing Shionogi Inc. SIGA Technologies, Inc. SoCalBio Society for Public Health Education South Dakota Biotech Association SPOC Proteomics, Inc. Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute Tonix Pharmaceuticals, Inc Trinity Health TrippBio, Inc. Trust for America’s Health United Safety Technology Inc. University of Nebraska System Valneva USA Vaxxas Inc VIDA