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An obscure South Carolina company may be in line for millions of dollars in U.S. government funding to produce a coronavirus treatment after a former Republican senator with a financial stake in the business lobbied senior U.S. government officials, the Associated Press reports. Plasma Technologies received seed money to test a possible Covid-19-fighting blood plasma technology. As much as $65 million more could be on the way, a windfall for the company that operates out of the founder’s luxury condo.
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