“Clinical trials are critical” in the battle against the global COVID-19 pandemic, Amy Abernathy, principal deputy commissioner and acting CIO of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), told attendees of the Veeva R&D and Quality Summit on Tuesday (October 13).

I’m delighted to be with you today for this important meeting of the Global Coalition for Regulatory Science Research.  I only wish that we could be together in person.

I want to thank Bill Slikker and his co-chair of the Scientific Program Committee, Marta Hugas, for their hard work in putting this event together. 

The importance of the issues you are addressing here is magnified in the context of the current public health emergency we are dealing with.