Coronavirus Update: Ex-GSK Exec To Lead Trump's Operation Warp Speed

Moncef Slaoui Confident Of 2020 Goal

US government will fund 'at risk' manufacturing of lead vaccine candidates, with Trump promising US will get priority. But skeptics say year-end timeline is unrealistic.  

Moncef Slaoui at White House press briefing
Moncef Slaoui at the launch of Operation Warp Speed • Source: Screengrab from White House YouTube

President Trump has unveiled Operation Warp Speed, putting an ex-pharma leader and an army general in charge of developing and delivering a COVID-19 vaccine for the US by the end of 2020.

Former GlaxoSmithKline PLC executive Moncef Slaoui will be the project’s chief scientist, and will work alongside General Gustave Perna,...

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