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GSK Joins Race To Tackle Coronavirus

Teams Up With CEPI

 
• By Kevin Grogan

The pharma major is providing its adjuvant system, designed to enhance the body’s immune response, to help the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations' efforts to accelerate the creation of a vaccine for the coronavirus strain that broke out in China and has spread to 24 countries.

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GSK responds to coronavirus crisis • Source: Shutterstock

GlaxoSmithKline PLC is lending its support – and specifically its adjuvant expertise – to a high-profile initiative looking to develop a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak from China.

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