EU looking at blood plasma from recovered people for Covid-19
Funding for the use of convalescent plasma as a treatment is being fast-tracked as the US has scooped up other potential therapies
09 July 2020 - 16:31
Brussels — The EU wants to fast-track funding to treat Covid-19 patients with blood plasma collected from survivors, an EU document seen by Reuters shows, in a sign of the bloc’s growing confidence in the experimental treatment.
The move also highlights the more assertive approach being taken by the 27-nation union in the race to find effective drugs and vaccines against the new coronavirus, after the US scooped up several promising candidates...
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