EU Calls For COVID-19 Diagnostic Research Projects

The Innovative Medicines Initiative is offering €45m in funding

As fears grow that a full-blown COVID-19 pandemic may be on the way, a European public-private consortium is to make available a total of €45m (US$49m) in funding for projects aimed at accelerating the development of diagnostics and therapeutics to help tackle the current outbreak and any future coronavirus threats. 

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As fears grow that a full-blown COVID-19 pandemic may be on the way, a European public-private consortium is to offer a total of €45m (US$49m) in funding for projects aimed at accelerating the development of diagnostics and therapeutics to help tackle the current outbreak and any future coronavirus threats.

The Innovative Medicines Initiative, a joint enterprise between the European Commission and the European industry federation EFPIA, is planning to...

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