STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Russia registers a Covid-19 vaccine amid skepticism; can monoclonal antibodies combat the coronavirus?
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country registered the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine, marking a milestone in the fight against the novel coronavirus but coming amid rising safety concerns in the West over the country’s accelerated clinical evaluations, The Wall Street Journal writes. Scientists at the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow employed military testing, accelerated clinical evaluations, and shortened test-trial times in an attempt to be first with a vaccine.
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