Near and IUPHAR: Repurposing Drugs For Covid-19 (Science During a Pandemic #3), with Prof. Jamie Davies

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Drug development is a slow process at the best of times. So the best way to rapidly find treatments for Covid-19 was to find known drugs that could be repurposed to fight the new disease. But with the confusion created by the myriad of studies published about Covid-19, often without peer-review, how do you keep track of everything?

This is where Jamie Davies stepped in. His lab created a curated database of known drugs and drug targets that should be prioritised in the fight against Covid-19, and provided a reliable source of information about new research. In this episode, Tom talks to Professor Davies about the purpose of this new database, how the pandemic has changed the way research is done, and what effects this could have on science going forward.

You can find out more about Professor Davies and his work on his lab’s website, his University of Edinburgh staff page, and his blog.

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