McMaster University and the University of Saskatchewan are joining forces in the fight against COVID-19.Officials with both universities say they have signed a partnership agreement to accelerate vaccine and drug development, human and animal clinical trials and to create new diagnostic tools.
Saskatchewan government commits $15M to pandemic research at VIDO The partnership involves research facilities at USask’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization in Saskatoon and Canada’s Global Nexus for Pandemics and Biological Threats based at McMaster in Hamilton.“The complex challenges of pandemics will only be solved by this type of partnership,” Gerry Wright, lead at Global Nexus, said Thursday in a statement.“Canada’s Global Nexus and.