When we drink a tablet for a headache, or take an antibiotic for an infection, we rarely think about how those medications came to be on the shelves in the pharmacy. We trust, that somehow, somewhere, scientists and doctors tested the medication thoroughly and once it was deemed safe enough, they added them to the medicine formulary that we use today.

We know that babies and children should be vaccinated, but do not stop to consider how those vaccines were chosen, or why we do not see cases of polio or diphtheria, in the numbers that they were seen a few decades ago.

All treatments, vaccines, surgical methods, and preventative medications must be thoroughly researched, before being prescribed or used for patients. This is done by pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, universities, and Institutions like Synergy Biomed Research Institute.

The primary focus for these trials, is ensuring safety, and that the treatment in question, will be effective in treating or preventing various illnesses. All participants in this process, must take part voluntarily, and they are closely monitored by the teams that they work with.

This Clinical Research process was sharply thrown into the public eye, during the COVID-19 pandemic, where COVID-19 vaccines were developed and tested over the course of the disease. These vaccines allowed us to find a way to safely decrease the number of deaths due to COVID-19, and protect those who were most vulnerable.

We are proud of the work that we do at Synergy Biomed Research Institute, to prioritize the health and safety of our participants, while we advance the field of clinical research. We know that the work that we do, will change the course of diseases like HIV, TB and Viral infections, among many others.