Our Executive Interview Series continues with a closer look at the team working on an oral cure for Covid-19

The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator (CTA) is an organization funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation that focuses on advancing research into accessible coronavirus treatments. While the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are being administered to the population, CTA is focusing on oral medicines that will alleviate symptoms in people who have mild to moderate cases of the virus. These oral applications, when approved, will be particularly useful in controlling the virus during those lag times when certain countries need to catch up with others in terms of vaccinated immunity. 

Although the Czech Republic is hardly a European leader in green investment and sustainable finance, financial institutions, headed by big banks, are getting ready for the new regulation. Apart from increasing transparency, the following years will focus mainly on resetting internal processes and portfolio structures.

CTP, one of the five largest real estate developers in Europe, is expanding its industrial park in the town of Aš, near the border with Germany, where demand for logistics space has been growing significantly. Textile manufacturer Bekaert Textiles, a member of the Bekaertdeslee Group, will move into a new warehouse there later this year. The warehouse, currently under construction, will be the third on the site. Bakaert will expand its production lines, which will also be modernised and will newly incorporate recycled materials as part of its sustainability efforts.

A tornado swept through several municipalities in the Czech Republic on the evening of Thursday, June 24 with catastrophic consequences. It took several lives and left dozens injured and enormous amounts of property damage.