Summer reading in the age of COVID-19

As the summer of 2020 starts to creep to a close, America’s biopharmaceutical research companies are working around the clock to identify new treatments to reduce COVID-19 infection and vaccines, to prevent symptoms. The rate of advancement of therapeutics and vaccines has been unprecedented with more than 1,500 clinical trials underway around the globe testing 24 vaccines and 449 treatments for potential use. Here in the United States, there are 338 clinical trials investigating therapeutics in 46 states and Washington, D.C. 110 of the 338 clinical trials are being conducted in more than one state.