Coronavirus Notebook: UK Ups Vaccine Efforts & Calls For More Candidate Therapies
China Issues Vaccine Guidelines, Russia Talks Trials With Saudis
Executive Summary
The UK has been stepping up its COVID-19 activity in recent days, ordering more vaccines, encouraging more volunteers to join clinical trials, and expanding its RECOVERY platform for potential new coronavirus therapies. But the government's sudden decision to replace Public Health England with a new institute has raised some concerns within the biopharma industry.