COVID-19 vaccine distribution has been operational on a global scale since December 2020 and infection rates have dropped in relation to the pace and extent of the roll-out. While COVID-19 vaccines have proven effective against the early viruses, researchers are still studying how well they protect against new, more resistant SARS-CoV-2 strains. The existence and evolution of these variants means that current vaccines will have to be modified to ensure continued high rates of effectiveness.
Emerging variants will continue to challenge our ability to test updated vaccines through traditional clinical trial processes as they may not be fast enough to provide data in a timely manner and populations are becoming increasingly resistant to disease as they are either vaccinated or are exposed to the virus naturally.
Open Orphan (LON:ORPH) was founded in 2017, with the goal of rapidly building Europe’s leading pharma services company by a management team with extensive industry and financial expertise. The company comprises of two commercial specialist CRO services businesses (Venn Life Sciences and hVIVO) and is also developing a genomics data platform business (Genomic Health Data).
