Pharma Companies May Be Asked To Help Competitors Manufacture COVID-19 Vaccines
Executive Summary
‘Everything is on the table,’ including invoking the Defense Production Act, White House COVID Coordinator Zients notes. Results of J&J’s Phase III vaccine trial expected ‘within next few days to a week.’
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