Infectious Diseases, Prevention and Control

Medical and Vaccine Research for Covid-19

Medical research (also known as biomedical research) encompasses a wide range of studies, ranging from "basic research" (also known as bench science) involving fundamental scientific principles that may relate to a preclinical understanding to clinical research, which involves studies of people who may be subjects in clinical trials.

The pharmaceutical industry's drug development process includes both clinical and preclinical research phases, with the clinical phase signified by the phrase clinical trial. Only a portion of clinical or preclinical research is focused on a single pharmacological goal. Pharmaceutical research is just a minor component of medical research since it forms the foundation for basic and mechanism-based knowledge, diagnostics, medical devices, and non-pharmaceutical therapy.