Co-producing Human and Animal Experimental Subjects: Exploring the Views of UK COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Participants on Animal Testing

Preclinical (animal) testing and human of drugs vaccines are rarely considered by social scientists side side. Where this is done, it typically for theoretically exploring the ethics two situations to compare relative treatment. In contrast, we empirically explore how clinical trial participants understand role animal test subjects in vaccine development. Furthermore, science research has only concentrated on broad public opinion views patients about research, whereas a group particularly implicated pharmaceutical development: experimental subjects. We surveyed interviewed COVID-19 Oxford, UK, their taking part animals trials. found that mirrored assumptions legitimate reasons embedded regulation provided insight into (i) nuances research; (ii) co-production subjects; (iii) medicine testing, motivations demographics participants, change an outbreak; (iv) what involvement can offer science.