COVID-19 Funds Flow To Startup In Bid To Restore US Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Executive Summary
Trump administration infuses Phlow with potentially $800m-plus for fully integrated domestic manufacture of essential medicines for COVID-19 and other crises. Key figures in new approaches to securing drugs and experts on China helped frame the project’s approach.
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