Coronavirus Update: More Companies Join Therapeutics Accelerator, FDA Delays AdCom For First NASH Drug
Healios Joins Search For Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Treatment
Executive Summary
As the global number of COVID-19 cases exceeds 500,000 for the first time, more biopharma companies throw their weight behind Gates Foundation's drug-hunting initiative.
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