Quality Experts Advise Industry To Move Products To Local Sites In Responding To COVID-19
Executive Summary
Quality experts with AstraZeneca and Thermo Fisher describe how their companies are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic – but urge industry not to lose focus on monitoring unrelated drug products.
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