'Warp Speed’ Vaccine Trial Network Aims For Both Harmony And Velocity

Infographic depicts how Operation Warp Speed is harmonizing the study designs of COVID-19 vaccine candidates to make it easier to compare safety and efficacy.

Warp speed space image for CoVPN Trial network — 'Warp Speed' Vaccine Trials Will Share Common Design Elements and Procedures • Source: Shutterstock

Operation Warp Speed is taking baby steps toward US Food and Drug Administration leaders’ long-held goal of pushing for more master protocols in drug development. The late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trials conducted under the umbrella of the government program are being billed as “semi-independent harmonized trials.”

That means that while each company getting support from Warp Speed is operating its own stand-alone Phase III studies and...