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title: "FDA Insight: Vaccines for COVID-19, Part 2"
description: Join Dr. Anand Shah, FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs, and other FDA leaders as they provide their insight into issues facing the agency – including the COVID-19 pandemic and other emerging topics.
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# FDA Insight: Vaccines for COVID-19, Part 2

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[July 31, 2020](https://blog.cola.org/fda/archive/2020/07/31) [U.S. Food and Drug Administration](https://blog.cola.org/fda/author/u.s.-food-and-drug-administration-1)

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In Part 2 of FDA Insight’s vaccine series, Dr. Shah welcomes Dr. Peter Marks, director of FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, to discuss the basics of COVID-19 vaccine development.

[Click here to listen.](https://www.fda.gov/media/140555/download)

Join Dr. Anand Shah, FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs, and other FDA leaders as they provide their insight into issues facing the agency – including the COVID-19 pandemic and other emerging topics.

- <https://blog.cola.org/fda/advisory-committee-on-covid-19-vaccines>
  
  [FDA Insight: Advisory Committee on COVID-19 Vaccines](https://blog.cola.org/fda/advisory-committee-on-covid-19-vaccines) October 23, 2020
- <https://blog.cola.org/fda/virtual-town-hall-series-coronavirus-covid-19-test-development-and-validation-10/28>
  
  [Virtual Town Hall Series - Coronavirus Test Development and Validation](https://blog.cola.org/fda/virtual-town-hall-series-coronavirus-covid-19-test-development-and-validation-10/28) October 23, 2020
- <https://blog.cola.org/fda/virtual-town-hall-series-coronavirus-covid-19-test-development-and-validation>
  
  [Virtual Town Hall Series - Coronavirus (COVID-19) Test Development and Validation](https://blog.cola.org/fda/virtual-town-hall-series-coronavirus-covid-19-test-development-and-validation) October 09, 2020
- <https://blog.cola.org/fda/anti-microbial-resistance>
  
  [FDA Insight: Anti-Microbial Resistance](https://blog.cola.org/fda/anti-microbial-resistance) October 09, 2020
- <https://blog.cola.org/fda/the-opioid-epidemic-and-covid-19-pandemic>
  
  [FDA Insight: The Opioid Epidemic and COVID-19 Pandemic](https://blog.cola.org/fda/the-opioid-epidemic-and-covid-19-pandemic) September 18, 2020

- <https://blog.cola.org/fda/advisory-committee-on-covid-19-vaccines>
  
  [FDA Insight: Advisory Committee on COVID-19 Vaccines](https://blog.cola.org/fda/advisory-committee-on-covid-19-vaccines) October 23, 2020
- <https://blog.cola.org/fda/virtual-town-hall-series-coronavirus-covid-19-test-development-and-validation-10/28>
  
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- <https://blog.cola.org/fda/virtual-town-hall-series-coronavirus-covid-19-test-development-and-validation>
  
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- <https://blog.cola.org/fda/anti-microbial-resistance>
  
  [FDA Insight: Anti-Microbial Resistance](https://blog.cola.org/fda/anti-microbial-resistance) October 09, 2020
- <https://blog.cola.org/fda/the-opioid-epidemic-and-covid-19-pandemic>
  
  [FDA Insight: The Opioid Epidemic and COVID-19 Pandemic](https://blog.cola.org/fda/the-opioid-epidemic-and-covid-19-pandemic) September 18, 2020

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