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NIH-funded study to look at drugs prescribed to children with COVID-19

June 10, 2020 by Chain Drug Review COVID-19 research, Dr. Diana Bianch, NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), The National Institutes of Health and the Foundation for the NIH (FNIH) Leading Headlines, Pharmacy

WASHINGTON — Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have launched an effort to evaluate drugs prescribed to treat COVID-19 in infants, children and adolescents across the country. The study leverages an existing clinical trial that examines drugs that are prescribed off-label to children for a variety of medical conditions. Because many drugs have

NIH to launch public-private partnership to speed COVID-19 vaccine and treatment options

April 20, 2020 by Chain Drug Review COVID-19, NIH director Dr. Francis Collins, The National Institutes of Health and the Foundation for the NIH (FNIH) Leading Headlines, Pharmacy

ROCKVILLE, Md.— The National Institutes of Health and the Foundation for the NIH (FNIH) are bringing together more than a dozen leading biopharmaceutical companies, the Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines