Vaccines for Millions Ready This Year: The Impossible Dream?

  • J&J gearing up manufacturing for 2021, Trump eyeing this year
  • ‘Sheer amount of risk’ calls for government-industry tie-up
Photographer: Mikael Sjoberg/Bloomberg
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The race is on to be the first developer of a coronavirus vaccine, with global drugmakers and the White House seeking to compress into just months a process that normally takes several years. Whether it can happen remains an enigma.