Firms Hope To Adapt COVID Vaccine Trial Design, FDA Communication Approaches To Other Diseases
Executive Summary
Moderna has adopted more inclusionary enrollment criteria and real-time epidemiology monitoring for its RSV vaccine program, while Pfizer is expanding its internal ‘Lightspeed’ approach. US FDA is considering how to extend the fast, frequent and informal interactions.
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