How the UK's Covid-19 vaccines chief bucked the rules to get it to the front of the queue
Feb 06, 2021, 09:15 AM
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Kate Bingham paused her career in venture capital to head up the United Kingdom's Covid-19 vaccine effort.
The UK has leapt ahead in the vaccine race, securing access to 407 million doses of seven types.
Here's the set of high-risk decisions she took to turbo-charge the country's vaccine drive.
Kate Bingham put her role as a life-sciences venture capitalist on hold last July when she was approached by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to head up the UK's Vaccine Taskforce (VTF).