The emergence of COVID-19 last year led to the fastest timeline for the development of a vaccine in history. Scientists and companies around the world worked relentlessly to develop, stage clinical trials and get approval.
There are several Maryland Life Science member companies that have been at the forefront of vaccine development for COVID-19 and several have vaccines that are being distributed across the country at rapid speed.
Here are the latest developments in vaccines from AstraZeneca, Emergent BioSolutions, Johnson & Johnson, Novavax, and Pfizer: