Andrew Aldridge: Vaccine roll out sees life science investment prospects shoot up

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Andrew Aldridge

Remember those halcyon days of early 2020? You could meet friends and family whenever and wherever you wanted. You could order a beer at the bar in a pub. You could actually go to a pub! Back then, it was unlikely that a majority of investors would have an understanding of the approval process for medical treatments and vaccinations. Equally, most wouldn't appreciate the importance of relationships between academic research and the pharmaceutical giants. Hopefully most would've held an admiration for the work of doctors and nurses, but they had probably never stood on their doorstep to a...

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