Javier Cid, MD, DrPH, MBA, MSc, is a Senior Research Scientist in the RWE group at Evidera, part of the PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific, in Barcelona, Spain. Dr. Cid is a healthcare professional with more than 20 years of experience, 11 of which were spent working for two major pharmaceutical companies, mainly in the areas of pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety. He has contributed to several therapeutic risk management plans and related interactions with health authorities in European, American, and Asian countries. Dr. Cid has experience in the planning, implementation, and analysis of several drug and disease registries and databases, as well as in the development and implementation of signal detection for pharmacovigilance. His research projects rely mainly on data from secondary data sources, and some of them also include the collection of primary data.
Identifying challenges and opportunities in planning for RWE generation during vaccine development