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Germany seeks collaboration on corona vaccine after US cash offer

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Reuters
16 March, 2020, 01:25 pm
Last modified: 16 March, 2020, 01:30 pm

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Germany seeks collaboration on corona vaccine after US cash offer

Reuters
16 March, 2020, 01:25 pm
Last modified: 16 March, 2020, 01:30 pm
Employee Philipp Hoffmann, of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac, demonstrates research workflow on a vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease at a laboratory in Tuebingen, Germany, March 12, 2020. Picture taken on March 12, 2020/ Reuters
Employee Philipp Hoffmann, of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac, demonstrates research workflow on a vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease at a laboratory in Tuebingen, Germany, March 12, 2020. Picture taken on March 12, 2020/ Reuters

German officials today stressed that they favour a collaborative approach in the search for a vaccine against the novel coronavirus following reports that the US administration offered large sums to a German company working on a vaccine to make it available for exclusive use by the United States.

Germany tries to halt US interest in firm working on coronavirus vaccine

Citing German governent sources, Welt am Sonntag reported on March 15 that US President Donald Trump approached scientists employed by CureVac, a German pharmaceutical company based in Tuebingen, and tried to lure them to work for the US, Reuters reported.

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