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How AI could reassure you that COVID-19 vaccines are safe

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As governments and health authorities worldwide gear up to deliver potentially billions of COVID-19 vaccine doses, artificial intelligence and data automation techniques could be a powerful tool combating one of the top hindrances to mass vaccination: vaccine hesitancy.

In particular, natural language processing (NLP) could help health authorities transform adverse event reports from COVID-19 vaccines into structured data while reducing the need for manual data entry. But more importantly, the technique can accelerate adverse event detection while giving regulatory authorities the potential to predict and prevent future adverse events, according to Updesh Dosanjh, practice leader of technology solutions at IQVIA.

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About Brian Buntz

The pharma and biotech editor of WTWH Media, Brian is a veteran journalist with more than 15 years of experience covering an array of life science topics, including clinical trials, drug discovery and development and medical devices. Before coming to WTWH, he served as content director focused on connected devices at Informa. In addition, Brian covered the medical device sector for 10 years at UBM. At Qmed, he overhauled the brand’s news coverage and helped to grow the site’s traffic volume dramatically. He had previously held managing editor roles on two of the company’s medical device technology publications. Connect with him on LinkedIn or email at [email protected].