Big pharma should be focused on finding a drug to prevent and treat the family of coronaviruses. Instead, they’ve taken a back seat. Our government leaders could change that.
that most big pharma companies have been reluctant to join the search for a vaccine that treats 2019-nCoV, the new coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China and has quickly spread around the globe. Given that the costs of vaccine manufacturing tend to run high—and the chances of profit, much lower—their lack of interest was to be expected.
Authorized financing for the contract could feasibly come from Project BioShield Special Reserve Fund, a program established in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
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