BIO Calls For Journal Publication Of COVID-19 Trial Data, Independent FDA
Executive Summary
In an open letter to the biopharmaceutical industry, BIO lays out principles for conducting COVID-19 clinical trials and disclosing and using the data. Senator Durbin asks eight vaccine makers backed by Operation Warp Speed how they will withstand political pressure to speed up the approval process.
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