Warp Speed reflections, master protocols & Biden’s COVID plan: a BioCentury podcast

On the latest edition of the BioCentury this Week podcast, BioCentury editors discuss the successes and limitations of Operation Warp Speed, proposals for streamlining master protocol trials and highlights for industry from the Biden administration’s COVID-19 plan.

Washington Editor Steve Usdin recaps his exit interview with Moncef Slaoui, who touted Warp Speed’s success in facilitating vaccine development, and acknowledged flaws in the initiative’s approach to vaccine administration and therapeutics development. Slaoui, who served as Warp Speed’s chief scientific adviser and co-leader, has stayed on as a consultant to the Biden administration. ...