18 May 2020 --- The race for a COVID-19 vaccine is in full swing, with players in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and nutraceutical industry looking to solve the pandemic’s spread. The UK Government has pledged £84 million (US$100 million) in funding to the first researchers to find a coronavirus vaccine. The news comes as Oxford University – which is already researching a vaccine – signed a global licensing agreement with biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. If research is successful, AstraZeneca will help with manufacturing and commercializing the vaccine, with 30 million doses available by September in the UK, as the initial goal of the agreement.
