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Patient safety is at the heart of COVID-19 vaccine R&D

As the world continues to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the biopharmaceutical industry is continuing working around the clock to research, develop and manufacture vaccines to prevent infection. To date, substantial progress has been made in vaccinating Americans with COVID-19 vaccines that have been granted emergency use authorization (EUA) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).