Should COVID-19 Vaccines Authorized for Emergency Use Be Considered "Essential" Medicines?

• Main Authors: Maxwell J. Smith (Author), Lisa Forman (Author), Michael Parker (Author), Katrina Perehudoff (Author), Belinda Rawson (Author), Sharifah Sekalala (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A critical debate in the race to develop, market, and distribute COVID-19 vaccines could define the future of this pandemic: How much evidence demonstrating a vaccine's safety and efficacy should be required before it is considered "essential"? If a COVID-19 vaccine were to be designa...