Here’s what you need to know about clinical trials as drug makers push forward with coronavirus vaccine studies
Posted on AllSides September 11th, 2020
From The Center
Whether you’re new to investing in pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies or simply paying close attention to the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, questions may have occurred about how clinical trials work — here’s what you need to know to understand the process.
The first thing is that we’ve never seen vaccines developed as quickly as what is happening right now. It took a year and a half to develop a Zika vaccine, four years for a mumps vaccine, and 10 years for a flu vaccine.
The COVID-19 vaccines being...