Thanks to the vaccines developed to fight the pandemic, mRNA, specifically mRNA vaccines, has become a topic of public interest. Non-scientists want to understand what mRNA vaccines are, how they work and whether they should trust them.

Standards play an important role in the global medicines supply chain, helping governments and manufacturers increase the availability of safe, quality medicines, as well as building patient and health provider trust. In fact, quality standards are a big reason why we in the U.S. can get a prescription filled at our neighborhood pharmacy and trust that the medicine we receive will be safe and work as it should.