|Articles|July 21, 2020

AstraZeneca and IQVIA Partner on Potential COVID-19 Vaccine

The project will focus on providing a faster route to clinical studies for AstraZeneca’s potential COVID-19 vaccine, AZD1222.

AstraZeneca and IQVIA, a Durham, NC-based advanced analytics and technology solutions provider, announced they are teaming up to develop a potential new vaccine for COVID-19 as part of the US government’s Operation Warp Speed project.

The project will focus on providing a faster route to clinical studies for AstraZeneca’s potential COVID-19 vaccine, AZD1222, according to a July 14, 2020 press release. The initiative will also include a subject study which will utilize IQVIA’s virtual trial solutions.

Source: IQVIA

 

 


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