1. tracking microbicide funding
Polly F. Harrison, PhD
Director, Alliance for Microbicide Development
Satellite Meeting: Resource Tracking & Priority Setting
XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok
11 July :30-11:30am

2. methodology (overview)
track 3 major sectors
US public sector
international public sector
philanthropic sector
methodological style
methodological structure
record “actual” annual expenditures
estimate current fiscal year expenditures
Microbicide funding flows from 3 major sectors: US and international public sectors and the philanthropic sector. Currently, “Big Pharma” does not contribute financially to microbicide development.
Methodology style- gather funding information by:
Identification of knowledgeable sources,
Personal contact
Persistence + charm
Methodological structure

3. overview of funding for microbicide R&D by sector, 2002
Here is a snapshot of what microbicide funding looked like in 2002.
In 2002, the microbicide funding by sector was as follows:
US public sector: $75.3 million
Int’l public sector: $49.4 million
Philanthropic sector: $17.1 million
We would like to note that this pie chart does not capture the investment, mostly leveraging internal resources, by small companies and other institutions, however the reality is this is difficult to quantify.
[refer to chart for any questions regarding specifics]

4. overview of funding for microbicide R&D by sector, 1997-end 2003 (cumulative)
From the support for microbicide R&D has been the following:
US public sector- $334.4 million
International public sector- $69.5 million
Philanthropic sector- $79.7 million
Again noting the absence of investment, mostly leveraging internal resources, by small companies and other institutions.
[refer to chart for any questions regarding specifics]

5. The next 3 slides are to give you an idea of our current methodological structure for tracking microbicide funding. Please bear with me as you probably will not be able to see the detail of each slide.

8. what we think we have estimates for FY2004
US public sector $88.8 million
int’l public sector $34.8 million
philanthropic sector $19.4 million
estimated total = $143.0 million
Now onto Fiscal year 2004:
Preliminary estimates for Fiscal year 2004 are the following:
US public sector $88.8 million
Int’l public sector $34.8 million
Philanthropic sector $19.4 million
Estimated grand total of $143 million
[refer to chart for any questions regarding specifics]

9. future plans for microbicide tracking
transition from macro to micro level
basic science
preclinical development
clinical development
microbicide education, advocacy, & policy development
establish formal annual report of findings (blueprint? coordination w/ vaccines?)
[read from slide]
In addition, the Alliance has begun to work on answering the question: what the field needs for funding support?

10. what we need: respondents & cost ranges
preclinical-3 developers, range $400k-4M
phase 1-16 developers, range $300k-4M
phase 2-4 developers, range $2M-5M
phase 3-10 developers, range $9M-50M
This is an overview of our preliminary conversations with key developers within the microbicide field. We hope to integrate this data into a forecast model soon.

11. challenges & issues international tracking gaps
timely congressionally-mandated reports to Congress (US public sector)
need for standardized reporting back from all sectors

12. next steps for tracking investment in new HIV prevention technologies
increased collaboration among institutions tracking investments
countries funding prevention technologies, &
philanthropic organizations funding prevention technologies, start to track their spending
options being explored to improve estimates of industry funding
all funders provide information on their funding allocations by type of activity & geographic location

13. acknowledgments Franka N. des Vignes, PhD Program Officer
Trisha L. Lamphear, MPH
Research Associate
Jana C. Bowcut, MPH
Cecilia D. Fox
Administrative Associate
Pamela Norick
Senior Legislative &
Policy Adviser
The work of the Alliance has been made possible by the dedication of its participants & contributions from the:
• William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
• International Partnership for Microbicides
• Moriah Fund
• Rockefeller Foundation
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the
• Global Microbicide Project
& the generosity of private contributors.

14. for more information www.microbicide.org
or contact the Alliance directly:
8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 940
Silver Spring, MD, USA 20910
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