Pfizer Doesn’t Like Crossover Design For Placebo Patients In COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
Executive Summary
Only vaccinating the placebo group would be much easier once the US FDA grants an EUA for its coronavirus vaccine, Pfizer says.
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