Biden’s Pandemic Preparedness Plan Targets Vaccine Design, FDA Regulatory Approaches
Executive Summary
Administration proposal is long on ambition, short on details; goals are to confront future pandemics, including improving vaccines and therapeutics, manufacturing capacity and supply chains.
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