UK To Speed New COVID-19 Drug Candidates Into Trials

Collaborative Project Hailed As ‘Transformative’

The first of six new compounds are expected to begin Phase II testing soon as part of the UK’s ACCORD initiative, a randomized platform trial bringing together government, industry and research organisations to find potential treatments for COVID-19. 

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New COVID-19 candidates are entering trials under a UK initiative • Source: Shutterstock

The UK has launched a new initiative to accelerate the testing of potential new therapies for COVID-19, under which the time taken to set up clinical trials would be reduced “from months to just weeks,” according to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Funded by the DHSC and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the Accelerating COVID-19 Research & Development (ACCORD) study is a...

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