The healthcare industry, as we have seen, is recession-proof. And the same can be said of the pharmaceutical sector too.
It may be ironic, but pandemics offer an even meatier opportunity for both the healthcare sector in general and pharma companies in particular. The Covid-19 pandemic was supposed to be no different, but during the Great Lockdown — where country after country has shut borders — pharma companies are getting a taste of the bitter pill for once.
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