EU Urges Free Access To Publicly Funded COVID-19 Research Results
Set Of Principles Includes Online Publication And Technology Pooling
Executive Summary
A “manifesto” to encourage the wider dissemination of COVID-19 research is the latest in a series of EU and international initiatives to quickly find treatments, vaccines and tests for the coronavirus.
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