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Bioqual begins COVID-19 vaccine candidate testing program

Bioqual begins COVID-19 vaccine candidate testing program

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A Rockville firm that conducts contract research services in living organisms has begun to develop testing programs for vaccine candidates.

Bioqual Inc. announced Tuesday that its efforts to develop animal models for COVID-19 started in February in a collaboration with Dr. Dan Barouch at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Ragon Institute, both in Boston.

The company said in a news release it is now focused on COVID-19 research.

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