Project Covalence

Project Covalence aims to enhance clinical trial support for COVID-19 research by addressing significant bottlenecks faced by companies and non-profits. In collaboration with TrialSpark, the initiative focuses on optimizing trials for community settings and home-based participation, offering resources like remote data collection and adaptive trial designs to accelerate the development of effective treatments and vaccines.

Published 2020-06-16 2 min read 242 words 3 topics

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Almost every company and non-profit working on COVID-19 that I offered to help asked for support with clinical trials—for companies focusing on developing novel drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics, rapidly spinning up trial

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