COVID-19: Race to a Vaccine
Speaker:
Sean Murphy, MD, PhD
Contact Hours:
1.0
Date:
March 19, 2025 - March 31, 2027
Description:
Almost as soon as SARS-CoV-2 began to inflict devastating losses across all aspects of daily life worldwide, a remarkable vaccine development race against the virus began in academic and commercial laboratories. This presentation focuses on the underlying science and publicly available human clinical studies for the COVID-19 vaccines currently being deployed in the U.S.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the mechanism of an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19
- Discuss the differences between the leading vaccines available under the EUA in the US.
- Describe how the selection of different “endpoints” affects the number of participants needed in clinical trials.