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Coronavirus Update: Coalition Aims To Overcome 'Disjointed' COVID-19 Trials, Gilead's Open Label Criticized

16 Companies Sign Up

 
• By Scrip Team

NIH's Collins brings together coalition after months of behind-the-scenes work. Meanwhile, Gilead's remdesivir trials are the center of huge expectation and controversy.  

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The ACTV partnership aims to synchronise industry and government COVID-19 research priorities • Source: Shutterstock

Sixteen biopharma companies have signed up to a new international public/private partnership which has been launched to overcome what has been called a 'chaotic' and 'disconnected' approach to finding vaccines and therapies against COVID-19.

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