ClinicalResearch

How Mapping COVID-19 Could Help Drug Companies

04/14/2020

Excerpt from the article: When the spread of COVID-19 started to affect the University of Connecticut, the state, and the country, Ranjan Srivastava, department head for Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, knew he had to spring into action. Drawing on his previous work in mathematically modeling how the Hepatitis B virus spreads, Srivastava realized he could…

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UPMC led global trial fast tracks testing of hydroxychloroquine, other COVID-19 therapies

04/13/2020

Excerpt from the article: PITTSBURGH, April 9, 2020 – A novel clinical trial developed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine launched today at UPMC to address one of the most important debates during the COVID-19 pandemic: How should doctors decide between quickly adopting new therapies, such as the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine,…

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