ACTIV Picks Potential COVID-19 Therapeutics To Be Tested In Master Protocol Trials

Three host-targeted immune modulators, three anticoagulants, and three to six neutralizing antibodies are to be tested in ACTIV clinical trials, FNIH's David Wholley tells DIA meeting.

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NIH's ACTIV partnership picks therapeutics for COVID-19 cliniical trials

The National Institutes of Health's public-private partnership, Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV), has selected the first therapeutic agents for its COVID-19 master protocol clinical trials.

David Wholley, senior VP of research partnerships at the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH), described ACTIV's accomplishments to date at the Drug Information Association's virtual meeting 16 June

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