Discovery: How Covid Changed Science (Part 1)

Until 2020 developing a new drug took at least 15 years. Scientists by and large competed with each other, were somewhat secretive about their research and only shared their data once publication was secured. Meanwhile, the public and the press had no interest in the various early phases of clinical trials. During Covid, the speed of research, collaboration between science and industry, and public perception of science are areas that have undergone incredible and likely permanent change. Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the pandemic's impact on the practice of science