Monkeypox Is A Different Drug Development Ballgame From COVID-19
Company Shifts Focus To Randomized Trials For EUA
Executive Summary
SIGA chief scientific officer Dennis Hruby spoke with Scrip about how the company is developing its drug, Tpoxx, to address the monkeypox outbreak.
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