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Tech Transfer Roundup: How Can Translational Research Help With The Next Pandemic?

 
• By Joseph Haas

Seven international translational research bodies recommend five actions to help better prepare for future outbreaks. Plus an overview of recent COVID-19-focused collaborations.

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Fully two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, biopharmaceutical companies and academic/non-profit research organizations continue to partner on efforts to prevent and combat infections by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But while the pandemic remains ongoing, a coalition of translational research bodies is using learnings from the COVID-19 experience to propose actions to help with the next pandemic.

Translation Together, an alliance comprising seven translational research organizations across North America, South America, the UK, European Union and Asia-Pacific,...

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