Sandoz Unveils Zero-Profit COVID-19 Portfolio
Dexamethasone On List For Low-Income Countries
Executive Summary
Lutz Hegemann, chief operating officer for global health at Novartis, says the project will continue until a vaccine or curative treatments have reached the world's poorest places, not just until they are first approved in a high income country.
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