The federal process to work with these companies became what is known as Operation Warp Speed (OWS), which is a partnership among federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), and the U.S. Vaccine CandidatesĪt the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 50 companies rushed to position themselves as potential candidates for the development of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine. This Holland & Knight alert provides an overview of various activities within and outside of the federal government to address these issues, as well as who will or may be in charge of these efforts in the near-term.
Recently, new advances in the vaccine development race, as well as the transition from the Trump Administration to a Biden Administration, have generated new questions about how a vaccine would be authorized, approved, and equitably and safely delivered to hundreds of millions of Americans. government, Congress and external entities have worked to design plans to reduce the impact of COVID-19 and ultimately prepare for the development and distribution of a vaccine to the American public. Since March 2020, and in some cases before, the U.S.
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