Pharma transformation
published : 1 Mar 2021 at 12:30
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The Covid-19 pandemic has created urgent demand for health innovations to better serve individuals, organisations and entire societies. The pharmaceutical industry has been on the frontlines of the challenge as it races against time to find solutions.
The development of coronavirus vaccines in a matter of months is an achievement that few would have thought possible. The fact that it happened demonstrates the resilience of the sector and its ability to harness research talent to meet urgent challenges.
With production now up and running, the next challenge is distribution and actually getting the shots into people s arms. This presents a new set of challenges for the public-sector side of the healthcare system.
Contact tracing’s new goal: As cases rise, workers shift to educating people
By Josh Ellerbrock - jellerbrock@limanews.com
Soldiers from the 180th Fighter Wing unit of the Ohio Air National Guard takes a test sample during a pop-up COVID-19 testing site Monday at the University of Northwestern Ohio’s Event Center. The large number of positive tests in the region has changed the mission of contact tracers, pushing them into more of an educational role.
Richard Parrish | The Lima News
Soldiers from the 180th Fighter Wing unit of the Ohio Air National Guard oversee the testing supplies at a recent pop-up testing site at the University of Northwestern Ohio’s Event Center.