US Backs Oral COVID-19 Therapies And ‘Next Pandemic’ Drug Discovery With $3.2bn
Aims To De-Risk Pandemic R&D
Executive Summary
Aiming to mimic public-private COVID-19 vaccine success, the US NIH will fund pandemic drug research, including taking candidates up to Phase II.
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