Pandemic preparedness strategies must go beyond vaccines.

Sci Transl Med

Rajesh Gupta is at Vir Biotechnology, San Francisco, CA, USA. Email:

Published: April 2023

Monoclonal antibodies can fill a critical gap to help stop the next infectious disease outbreak from becoming the next pandemic.

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