Covid-19 treatments: latest on research
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Effective treatments for Covid-19 could help change the course of this pandemic – from saving lives to reducing the pressure on healthcare systems. A collective global effort is needed to fund, research, develop and bring effective treatments to people, as soon as possible.
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Effective treatments for Covid-19 could help change the course of this pandemic – from saving lives to reducing the pressure on healthcare systems. A collective global effort is needed to fund, research, develop and bring effective treatments to people, as soon as possible.
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Research into treatments for Covid-19 is moving at an incredible speed – with thousands of studies in progress and more than 200 potential therapies being explored.
Large randomised clinical trials, such as the World Health Organization’s Solidarity clinical trial and the UK’s RECOVERY trial, are essential for learning which treatments are safe and effective.
Most of the current research focuses on repurposed drugs – if shown to be effective, these could be rapidly rolled out across the world. It will take much longer to develop new safe and effective drugs that are specific to Covid-19.
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From repurposed drugs to new therapies – researchers are working at incredible speed to find the best ways to treat COVID-19 patients.
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How can we get effective treatments for COVID-19?
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Hospitals around the world are using convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients, but these efforts are necessarily local and small-scale.
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Effective treatments, that are accessible to everyone who needs them, have to be part of the solution to the coronavirus pandemic – here's why.
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We need COVID-19 treatments as well as vaccines – and they have to work for everyone
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We launched the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator together with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Mastercard.
This is a large-scale collaboration to research, develop and bring effective treatments to market quickly and accessibly. The studies funded so far include evaluating approved drugs and creating platforms for exploring new potential treatments.
Find out how to apply for funding from or donate to the Therapeutics Accelerator.
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Any – and all – effective treatments for Covid-19 must be available to everyone around the world. Those who need them most, not those who can afford to buy them, should have access first.
The ACT Accelerator, a global collaboration of governments and international organisations, was set up to support the development, production and equitable access to all tools that will help protect people against Covid-19.
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Science will show us the way out of the COVID-19 pandemic. And businesses and philanthropy can play a major role by stepping up to fund coronavirus treatments, as well as vaccines and tests.
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Treatments will take the fear and helplessness out of coronavirus – here’s how businesses can help find them
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Jeremy Farrar: "We'll look back at this time decades from now. We’ll remember the medics, carers and nurses who sacrificed so much. But we’ll also remember that science showed us the way out of this pandemic."
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The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator is funding clinical trials that will answer whether the anti-malarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can be used to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Can chloroquine prevent coronavirus disease? Only research will give us the answer
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Both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have been approved as safe and effective drugs to treat malaria. But no large-scale clinical trials have taken place in humans to prove whether they're effective against COVID-19.
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We want to help the world overcome Covid-19. Research is the best way to save lives – but more investment in accessible treatments, tests and vaccines is urgently needed to change the course of the pandemic.
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Coronavirus (Covid-19): supporting global research and development
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A vaccine could dramatically slow the spread of coronavirus, and researchers are collaborating like never before to develop one in record time. Without a vaccine, distributed equitably all over the world, we could face recurring waves of the epidemic.
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Covid-19 vaccines: latest on research
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At least $8 billion of new funding is needed for the global response to COVID-19 – for research, development and supply of treatments for all, and support for public health measures in countries with the weakest health systems.
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Urgent funding gaps in the global response to coronavirus (COVID-19)
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