Coronavirus Demanding Focus Of US FDA’s Antiviral, Other Divisions
Executive Summary
Office of New Drugs Director Peter Stein said in an interview that a large amount of coronavirus-related work is arriving at the FDA, but so far staff are keeping up.
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