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. 2021 Apr 1;181(4):559-560.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7472.

Speed, Evidence, and Safety Characteristics of Vaccine Approvals by the US Food and Drug Administration

Jeremy Puthumana  1 , Alexander C Egilman  2 , Audrey D Zhang  3 , Jason L Schwartz  4 , Joseph S Ross  1   2   4
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Speed, Evidence, and Safety Characteristics of Vaccine Approvals by the US Food and Drug Administration

Jeremy Puthumana et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates all of the novel vaccines approved by the US Food and Drug Administration over the last decade.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Zhang reported research support through the Collaboration for Research Integrity and Transparency at Yale University from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation and the Yale-Mayo Clinic Center for Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation program (U01FD005938). Dr Ross reported grants from the US Food and Drug Administration, Johnson & Johnson, Medical Devices Innovation Consortium, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes, US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and Medtronic outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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