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CME

COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Compendium: Comparing Vaccines, Safety Status, and Future Perspectives

  • Authors: Karine Lacombe, MD, PhD; Jörg Schelling, MD; Anna Goodman, FRCP
  • CME Released: 12/22/2022
  • Valid for credit through: 12/22/2023, 11:59 PM EST
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  • Credits Available

    Physicians - maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

    You Are Eligible For

    • Letter of Completion

Target Audience and Goal Statement

This educational activity is intended for an international audience of non-US primary care practitioners, infectious disease / HIV specialists, pediatricians, public health and preventive medicine specialists, nurses, and pharmacists.

The goal of this activity is to increase knowledge of the similarities and differences in safety and efficacy of available COVID-19 vaccines.

Upon completion of this activity, participants will:

  • Have increased knowledge regarding the
    • Efficacy data for new COVID-19 vaccine
    • Tolerability profile of newly available vaccines
  • Demonstrate greater confidence in their ability to
    • Communicate with patients the need for boosters with COVID-19 vaccines


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All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

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Faculty

  • Karine Lacombe, MD, PhD

    Professor of Infectious Diseases
    Sorbonne Université
    Head of the Infectious Diseases Unit
    St Antoine Hospital
    Institute Pierre-Louis de Santé Publique
    Paris, France

    Disclosures

    Karine Lacombe, MD, PhD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: Diaccurate; Gilead Sciences; Janssen; Merck Sharp Dohme; Moderna; Spikimm; ViiV Healthcare
    Research funding from: Merck Sharp Dohme
    Owns bonds from: Spikimm

  • Jörg Schelling, MD

    Professor of General Practice and Family Medicine
    LMU Munich
    Munich, Germany

    Disclosures

    Jörg Schelling, MD, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Consultant or advisor for: AstraZeneca; Bavarian Nordic; GlaxoSmithKline; Janssen; Merck Sharp Dohme; Pfizer; Sanofi Pasteur; Seqirus
    Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: AstraZeneca; Bavarian Nordic; GlaxoSmithKline; Janssen; Merck Sharp Dohme; Mylan; Pfizer; Sanofi Pasteur; Seqirus

  • Anna Goodman, FRCP

    Consultant in Infectious Disease
    Honorary Associate Professor
    Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
    London, United Kingdom

    Disclosures

    Anna Goodman, FRCP, has the following relevant financial relationships:
    Research funding from: Novavax
    Patent beneficiary of: Patent for COVID vaccines held by the University of Oxford for technology, which is used in the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine.

Editors

  • Shanthi Voorn, PhD

    Medical Education Director, WebMD Global, LLC

    Disclosures

    Shanthi Voorn, PhD, has no relevant financial relationships.

  • Eloise Ballard, PhD

    Scientific Content Manager, WebMD Global, LLC

    Disclosures

    Eloise Ballard, PhD, has no relevant financial relationships.

Peer Reviewer

This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has no relevant financial relationships.


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CME

COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Compendium: Comparing Vaccines, Safety Status, and Future Perspectives

Authors: Karine Lacombe, MD, PhD; Jörg Schelling, MD; Anna Goodman, FRCPFaculty and Disclosures

CME Released: 12/22/2022

Valid for credit through: 12/22/2023, 11:59 PM EST

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