UK Attacks Pandemic With Funding For Drug And Vaccine Trials
Biotech Industry Body Assembles COVID-19 Task Force
Executive Summary
Efforts are under way in the UK on many fronts to develop new treatments and vaccines for coronavirus infection, including researching new uses of existing products and clinical trials of new vaccines.
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