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NPR: How monoclonal antibodies might prove useful against the coronavirus
“Scientists working to quell the COVID-19 pandemic think it will be possible to figure out which antibodies are most potent in quashing a coronavirus infection, and then make vast quantities of identical copies of these proteins synthetically.”
Reuters: Sanofi and U.S. group Translate Bio to work on COVID-19 vaccine
“Translate Bio would work on discovering, designing, and manufacturing a number of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates, while Sanofi would provide its expertise in the field of vaccines and support from its research networks.”
STAT: Pharma CEO in Italy sounds a note of caution on COVID-19
“Drug development is a long, long, long process,” Massimo Scaccabarozzi, CEO of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen unit based in Milan.
The Wall Street Journal (Opinion): The history of Pfizer and penicillin, and lessons for coronavirus
Former biotech CEO Safi Bahcall praises the pharmaceutical industry’s ability to come together during a crisis and calls for a “scientist general” in Washington.
More Agriculture & Environment News:
Reuters: U.S. EPA considers delaying compliance deadline for biofuels law
“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering whether to delay the deadline for oil refineries to comply with the nation’s biofuel regulation past March 31, to help the industry cope with fallout from the coronavirus, agency chief Andrew Wheeler said on Thursday.”
Reuters: Trump administration eases environmental enforcement during outbreak
“The EPA said in a memo outlining the changes that it does not plan to fine polluting industries for violating certain monitoring and reporting requirements during the outbreak. It added that the EPA will now ‘focus its resources largely on situations that may create an acute risk or imminent threat to public health or the environment.’”
Euractiv (Opinion): How biofuels enter the race against the coronavirus pandemic
“Biofuels, especially ethanol, are food and fuel and a bit of flexibility,” writes a sustainability consultant.