Coronavirus Update: CoVIg-19 Alliance Ends As Trial Misses Endpoints
Plus: India Production Deals For RDIF
Executive Summary
Global research consortium to investigate the use of immunoglobulin as a COVID-19 therapy ends following disappointing results from a Phase III trial. Meanwhile, Russian vaccine producer RDIF is snapping up more production capacity in India, where interferon has also progressed as a possible treatment.
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