Privately held Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP and Emory Universityy announced on 19 March they will work together to advance EIDD-2801 – an oral ribonucleoside analog that can inhibit replication of RNA viruses – for COVID-19. No terms were disclosed but Ridgeback gets a license to EIDD-2801 and said it will take the molecule through clinical development for the virus and be responsible for making the therapy available during the pandemic.
Tech Transfer Roundup: Coronavirus Research Collaborations Respond To Pandemic
Recent collaborations involving Ridgeback, Themis, Junshi, Moleculin, Can-Fite, Pluristem and Beroni highlight the intense increase in research in how to treat or prevent COVID-19.
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