The Post-Marketing Life of Vaccines

Dear Colleagues,

The recent experience of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic and the universal mass vaccination carried out to fight against this emergency is an important lesson for vaccinologists.

Vaccines against SARS-COV-2 were prepared in 8 months, and a large amount of the information for the safety, long-term immunogenicity, and effectiveness of these vaccines was from post-marketing studies.

This indicates that research on vaccines should not and cannot stop after marketing authorization, as an important portion of evidence actually comes from post-marketing and phase IV studies.

We welcome contributions including original research articles as well as field reviews relating to this research topic.

Prof. Dr. Silvio Tafuri
Dr. Pasquale Stefanizzi
Guest Editors

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