Meeting the 4×4 challenge: Preparing for the Australian COVID-19 vaccine – webinar
IPAA Queensland’s first pop-up webinar, Meeting the 4×4 challenge: Preparing for the Australian COVID-19 vaccine delivered in partnership with McKinsey & Company on 22 September, provided viewers with a fascinating account of the current state of play on the global vaccine pipeline.
At 4 times the speed, 4 times the scale – Damien Bruce and Brindan Suresh, MD from McKinsey examined Australia’s preparedness to manage a vaccine produced four times more quickly than the previous record and cover a population four times greater than ever before.
Damian and Brendan shared firsthand knowledge and insights from their work with national governments, the World Health Organisation, and multilateral organisations on the race to develop a vaccine against COVID-19 and the challenges ahead to protect us against this deadly virus.
READ our wrap up of the webinar on the IPAA blog below.
Damien Bruce
Damien leads McKinsey’s Health and Public Sector work in Australia, including health, aged care, social service, infrastructure, and digital delivery. He has extensive experience in serving public and private organisations in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He also leads the firm’s health analytics and private health insurance work across Asia. Damien works with leaders in the health and public sector industries to undertake strategic transformations, improve productivity, and enhance operational effectiveness and outcomes. His experience spans the public sector—at both the federal and state levels—and the private sector, including health insurers, health providers, pharmaceutical companies, and community service providers.
Dr Brindan Suresh, MD
Brindan leads McKinsey’s Pharmaceutical and Medical Products Practice in the United Kingdom and Ireland with expertise across the value chain. He works primarily in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, with the World Health Organisation, leading health systems and innovator pharmaceutical and medical-device companies in Asia, Europe, and the United States. He focuses on strategy and organisational issues in both the R&D and commercial space, and frequently works at the intersection of the two as he co-leads McKinsey’s medical-affairs work globally. Brindan convenes our global cross-industry medical-affairs leader roundtable and regularly presents McKinsey’s insights at industry gatherings on innovation-related topics. He has also worked as a physician.
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