£280 million donated for COVID-19 research in three months
A study has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a high level of research donations, making the condition the third most funded disease on average by year.
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A study has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a high level of research donations, making the condition the third most funded disease on average by year.
A total of 21 COVID-19 research projects have been granted funding by the UK government, including vaccine and therapeutic development.
Drug Target Review rounds up the latest announcements regarding funding for research into COVID-19 treatments and vaccines.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the creators of the Clinical Research Navigator (CRN) tool have offered free access to their system for biomedical researchers.
A review of potential COVID-19 therapeutics revealed that the most effective are likely to be those directly targeting SARS-CoV-2, such as remdesivir and tilarone.
The UK government has invested £20 million into the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium, which will use whole genome sequencing to inform infection control measures and therapeutic developments.