Coronavirus Notebook: COVAX Wellcomes Latecomers, Sanofi/GSK Sign Canadian Supply Deal
Executive Summary
The Australian government is investing in two candidate vaccines being developed in Melbourne, French firm Avaxia is looking at the virucidal potential of an antibacterial compound, and Canada has ordered millions of specialist vials and syringes from an advanced materials science firm based in Alabama.
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