BARDA Funding Freeze Risks Companies Abandoning COVID Therapeutic Work
Executive Summary
BARDA’s suspension of funding for COVID-19 therapeutics risks repeating mistakes of past pandemics as it may cause industry to pull out of the development space, experts say. Industry sources are concerned the Biden administration is focusing on funding NIH at the expense of BARDA.
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