Coronavirus Notebook: EU Joins COVAX, Sanofi/GSK Vaccine Moves To Phase I/II
Executive Summary
Convalescent plasma has taken another battering as a potential treatment for coronavirus patients, after a UK drug safety body agreed with a US expert panel that there was not yet enough evidence to recommend its use in COVID-19 patients.
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