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Pedro Oliveira
Full Professor (Adjunct) at Nova SBE | Holder of the Gulbenkian Chair in Impact Economy | Founder of Patient Innovation
July 16, 2024
3. Good health and well-being

3. Good health and well-being

Ensuring access to quality health and promoting well-being for all, at all ages
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The vaccines, a science anthem and a pandemic of hope

Full Professor (Adjunct) Pedro Oliveira, founder of the award winning Patient Innovation, writes in Eco about how Covid-19 vaccine research and development process is an anthem to science, public investment and cross-collaboration.

This vaccine research process is an inspiring anthem to science, to the importance of public investment in science and to the collaboration between private and public entities.

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This article was originally published in Eco, and soon will be available in english here.

Pedro Oliveira
Full Professor (Adjunct) at Nova SBE | Holder of the Gulbenkian Chair in Impact Economy | Founder of Patient Innovation
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