Coronavirus Update: Lilly Initiates 2,400-Patient Nursing Home Trial
Executive Summary
Dozens of specially outfitted RVs will roll out to long-term care facilities in the US to test the prophylactic and symptom-reducing potential of the antibody Lilly is developing with AbCellera.
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