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Ferrari, ERC part ways after only months, dispute over COVID-19 response

April 8, 2020

LONDON – An unseemly row has broken out at the heart of EU science, with Mauro Ferrari, head of the European Research Council (ERC), accusing the European Commission of failing to coordinate and fund R&D needed to combat COVID-19.

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