Scientists are mobilizing at record speed to develop a vaccine and effective treatments. The pandemic is moving even faster.
For drug companies, there is suddenly only one priority: the coronavirus. More than 140 experimental drug treatment and vaccines for the coronavirus are in development world-wide, most in early stages, including 11 already in clinical trials, according to Informa Pharma Intelligence.
Including drugs approved for other diseases, there are 254 clinical trials testing treatments or vaccines for the virus, many spearheaded by universities and government research agencies, with hundreds more trials planned.