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(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 3 - Industry Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti
on Wednesday hosted a meeting with representatives of the
pharmaceutical industry to talk about producing COVID-19
vaccines in Italy.
The meeting also featured the head of Italian medicines agency
AIFA and the nation's new COVID-19 Emergency Commissioner,
Francesco Paolo Figliuolo..
A statement by the industry ministry said many firms are ready
to start producing a vaccine here.
Giorgetti gave a mandate to the firms to identify enterprises
that can help them be ready to produce vaccines before the end
of the autumn. (ANSA).
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