One or two of thethe teams of scientists i spoke to actually felt that they could have something ready to go for regulatory approval and, you know, sort of eminently into arms, as it were. I did hear, perhaps a slightly more cautious time, from chris whitty, who is our high profile, a chief medical officer here in england,. And he talked little more cautiously about having multivalant vaccines to control all future outbreaks within five years. It served as a kind of worked example of the way in which a i and machine learning can speed up drug development and drug discovery.
Opec and its allies have reached a deal to raise oil production in response to soaring prices, and China just launched the world’s largest carbon trading market. Plus, the FT’s global health editor, Sarah Neville, reports on scientists’ pursuit of a “supershot” vaccine to protect against all coronaviruses.
Opec+ reaches deal to raise oil production
https://www.ft.com/content/b517d13d-dc7b-4610-b468-7ded0b46d8f7
China’s carbon market scheme too limited, say analysts, with Beijing correspondent, Christian Shepherd
https://www.ft.com/content/3bcc2380-8544-4146-ba71-83944caff48d
The hunt for a coronavirus super shot, with global health editor, Sarah Neville
https://www.ft.com/content/7e96fa85-2392-467c-8960-0c9444180030
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