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    ‘Drug development is a long, long process’: pharma CEO in Italy sounds a note of caution on Covid-19

    "The process is very serious and long," said Massimo Scaccabarozzi of Janssen unit in Milan. For #coronavirus vaccine development, "we have to trust the scientists.”
    by Elizabeth Cooney Mar 26, 2020 2 minutes
    Medical workers tend to patients at a new intensive care unit for Covid-19 cases at the Casal Palocco hospital near Rome.

    The CEO of a global pharmaceutical company’s operations in Italy has advice for anyone expecting a Covid-19 solution anytime soon: Drugs and vaccines take time to create — and to be sure they work safely.

    “Drug development is a long, long, long process,” Massimo Scaccabarozzi, CEO of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen unit based in Milan, said Thursday on

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