Monkeypox Vaccine, Drug Pipeline Grows Despite Signs Of Slowing Infections
Most Products Remain In Preclinical Development
Executive Summary
Since its emergence in the spring, the monkeypox outbreak has spawned a small but growing pipeline of drugs and vaccines, many of them repurposed smallpox products.
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