Just 10 months since administration of the first COVID-19 vaccine dose, hundreds of millions of people worldwide have been inoculated. As of mid-August, more than 4 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide, and over 50% of eligible Americans are fully vaccinated.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA will present 2021 Innovations in Regulatory Science Awards to Peter Marks, MD, PhD, The COVID-19 Research Database, and former U.S. Representative Patrick J. Kennedy.

(September 27, 2021) The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA will present 2021 Innovations in Regulatory Science Awards to Peter Marks, MD, PhD, The COVID-19 Research Database, and former U.S. Representative Patrick J. Kennedy.  

The U.S. government should consider creating a strategic national stockpile of capacity for clinical research. Government could also fund and help create a standing network of clinical trial sites that can immediately respond to future pandemics — and keep them “warm” by using them to conduct research on high-priority public health threats.

Sponsored by Reagan-Udall Foundation, key federal leadership and important stakeholders join a virtual public workshop on September 28 titled  “Federal COVID-19 Response: Clinical Evaluation of Therapeutics Lessons Learned.” 

The event will disseminate findings from the Federal COVID-19 Response or Countermeasures Acceleration Groups (formerly known as Operation Warp Speed) to bring relevant therapeutics to use in the next public health emergency.