COVID-19 & Strategies for Successful Vaccine Trials

<p> <strong>Introduction [00:55]</strong></p><p>Nadeeka Dias and Chris Watson from ERT discuss the race for a coronavirus vaccine and take a deeper dive into how sponsors and CROs can use technology to address the unique challenges of vaccine trials.</p><p> <strong>What are the specific challenges sponsors face in trying to create a COVID-19 vaccine? [02:10]</strong></p><p>The real challenge is that the threat is now, so time is not on our side. However, good clinical research takes time. Because there are currently no approved vaccines or treatments for COVID-19, researchers are working on two types of trials: trials to test treatments for patients who already have the disease and trials to test a COVID-19 vaccine.</p><p>Even though these vaccine trials are accelerated and researchers and the FDA are moving quickly, it’s still going to take a lot of time to find a vaccine that works. While collecting data in a COVID-19 vaccine trial is going to be similar to any other vaccine trial, p...