Coronavirus Notebook: EU Invests In Convalescent Plasma, ACT-Accelerator Wants More Vaccines
Executive Summary
InflaRx and Relief Therapeutics/NeuroRx are investigating potential new treatments for COVID-19-induced pneumonia and for coronavirus-related ARDS.
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