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Race to find COVID-19 treatments accelerates

Kai Kupferschmidt, Jon Cohen

2020Science399 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

WHO launches megatrial to test repurposed drugs and experimental drug candidates.

Topics & Concepts

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Race (biology)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakTest (biology)DrugVirologyMedicinePharmacologyBiologyInternal medicineOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)PaleontologyBotanyDiseaseScience, Research, and MedicinePharmaceutical Economics and Policy