eBook: vaccine development in clinical trials

Vaccine development can be an arduous, complicated process due to safety, immunogenicity and efficacy in human evaluations with multiple factors that can affect the probability of success, all required to be tested before the vaccine can be licensed for use. These setbacks can affect public health negatively. In this eBook, we explore how assay development has had an impact on clinical vaccine trials and evaluate how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the future of vaccines generally. CONTENTS INCLUDE: CASE STUDY: Immunogenicity assay development, validation & transfer in a vaccine candidate clinical trial REVIEW: COVID-19 pandemic: an overview of epidemiology, pathogenesis,...