At a Glance: Status of COVID-19 Vaccine, Treatment Trials

OMA Connections Partner PhRMA recently produced this activity tracker to provide a snapshot of the status of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. At last check, there were 1,534 active clinical trials, 547 unique therapy trials, and 43 unique vaccines in trial.

According to the tracker, it took 197 years to isolate measles characteristics, 158 years to isolate polio characteristics, and just two weeks to produce full genome sequencing of the novel coronavirus. 10/28/2020