Nigeria: Research Institutes Secure U.S.$20 Million Grant, Seek COVID-19 Cure

6 April 2020

Partners in the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator have announced grants of $20 million to three institutions--the University of Washington, University of Oxford, and La Jolla Institute for Immunology - to fund clinical trials in order to identify highly potent immunotherapies for the COVID-19 pandemic.

The grants mark the first investments to come from the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator, a large-scale initiative launched by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard, to speed the development of and access to therapies for COVID-19.

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