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Pandemic Perspectives: Pharma Must Not Let Its COVID-19 Halo Slip

COVID-19 Could Set A Precedent For The Biopharma Industry That Companies Will Struggle to Live Up To

 
• By Daniel Chancellor

Biopharma’s accomplishments in tackling the global COVID-19 pandemic, unlike advances within oncology such as cell therapies and checkpoint inhibitors, or functional cures for HIV and hepatitis C, have captured the public’s imagination. Consequently, industry perception scores have ticked upwards sharply, albeit from a low base.

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Biotech and pharma’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been nothing short of exceptional. While rapid repurposing efforts have yielded relatively few solutions, innovative R&D has produced multiple therapeutics and vaccines across different classes, all within 12 months of the novel coronavirus first being identified. With the whole world affected by COVID-19, the biopharma sector is seeing more public interest and engagement than ever before.

This now leaves the industry in the challenging position of sustaining this positive momentum. There are undoubtedly lessons from pandemic...

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