The ALIGN Market Intelligence Hub – White Paper

The ALIGN Market Intelligence Hub – White Paper

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Health leaders, particularly those in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), face a structural gap between the rapid pace of health innovation and the ability of their countries to anticipate, prioritize, finance, and introduce new products effectively and efficiently. Decisions about adopting devices, diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines are often made reactively, with limited visibility into product supply (new emerging products, pipelines, costs, regulatory timelines, delivery requirements), health system capacity, and local context, including demand. Yet such visibility is key to country-led improved health product prioritization and introduction decisions. This paper, developed by the ALIGN Consortium, announces a tool to address the gap between the possible pipeline and realized rollout of health products. ALIGN Market Intelligence Hub is a decision-support tool designed to transform fragmented data on health products into actionable prioritization and…
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An Open Letter: Building Stronger Systems for Health Innovation Introduction

An Open Letter: Building Stronger Systems for Health Innovation Introduction

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In this open letter, members of the ALIGN Consortium call for urgent reforms to strengthen national systems for health innovation introduction through four pillars: (1) whole-of-government coordination and capacity; (2) improved data availability and use; (3) multi-sector engagement for alignment and accountability; and (4) portfolio-based prioritization and planning.   📄 Download the Open Letter Original Publication: February 2026
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Progress, Impacts and Lessons from Market Shaping in the Past Decade: A Systematic Review

Progress, Impacts and Lessons from Market Shaping in the Past Decade: A Systematic Review

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Our preprint, Progress, Impacts and Lessons from Market Shaping in the Past Decade: A Systematic Review, reviews the progress and impacts, and identifies enablers and barriers of market shaping activities in the past decade. Read the full article via The Lancet. Authors: Wenhui Mao, Katharine Olson, Elina Urli Hodges, Krishna Udayakumar Abstract Background: Market shaping activities have been increasingly used to improve access to health products. This paper reviewed the progress and impacts, and identified enablers and barriers of market shaping activities in the past decade. Methods: We conducted a systematic review using a structured searching strategy across five academic databases and key actors' websites with a structured searching strategy for gray and white literature published in English between 2012-2022. Two researchers independently performed screening, data extraction and analysis. This…
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