2020 In Review: Highlights, Lowlights and Forgotten Milestones

 
• By Brenda Sandburg
  
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Our interactive timeline tracks the rush of activities that led to the authorization of the first coronavirus vaccines and includes other major non-COVID developments that provide a full picture of this extraordinary year.

A pharmacist works while wearing personal protective equipment in the Elmhurst neighborhood on April 1, 2020 in New York City.
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The pace of activity in 2020 was unprecedented as industry and regulators worked furiously to develop and authorize vaccines and therapeutics to halt the pandemic. Tracking the actions over the year brings into focus the collaboration, government funding, and regulatory flexibility that made it possible for two vaccines to be authorized in the US and a third in the UK in December.

While the focus was on COVID-19, there were other notable developments during the year, including executive orders targeting drug pricing,...

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