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Pharmas on one page with action plan to solve COVID-19 together
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March 26, 2020 1:17 AM UTC
Updated on Mar 26, 2020 at 1:03 PM UTC
A grand-scale behind-the-scenes effort by the pharmaceutical companies is under way to expedite the creation of therapies and vaccines to treat COVID-19.
According to the participants who spoke with BioCentury under conditions of anonymity, R&D heads from at least 10 companies have been gathering several times a week, setting in motion an action plan to use their top talent in different disciplines to produce an industry-wide response, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the private sector’s coordinated contribution during World War II...