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Oxford developed COVID vaccine, then scholars clashed over money

17 mins | Oct 30, 2020
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Behind the race for its distribution: on-campus clashes of ego and hastily made threats and promises. AstraZeneca eventually secured a deal to distribute Oxford's yet-to-be-approved vaccine. Why the British pharmaceutical? It could guarantee the university $100 million a year, bridging "Oxford’s history of nonprofit medical innovation and the pharmaceutical industry’s shareholder-driven motivations." In The Wall Street Journal, Jenny Strasburg and Stu Woo report on the remarkable events that transpired.

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