Precision Vaccines: Lessons Learned from the Coronavirus Pandemic
Description: The coronavirus pandemic has prompted unprecedented collaboration across academia, government and industry to leverage cutting edge approaches to characterize COVID and discover and develop approaches to prevent it. Key among these are vaccines that have been authorized and approved in record time. Dr. Levy discusses the application of precision medicine principles- the concept that groups of individuals can vary in their response to a medicine- as they apply to vaccines and the lessons learned from applying these principles to the global pandemic. Tremendous challenges and opportunities lie ahead….