The Race to Develop a Coronavirus Treatment in 60 Days

This rapid response team has been preparing for a pandemic for years. Now, they’re developing a treatment for COVID-19 at breakneck speed. Here’s how.

As the novel coronavirus outbreak switched from epidemic to global pandemic, and COVID-19 continued to sweep across the globe, a team launched back in 2017 by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been working tirelessly toward safely developing an antibody therapy that can provide immediate immunity to the virus.

To find out more about this rapid pandemic response, we spoke with Dr. James Crowe, the Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, who is a part of this special team of experts, universities, and advanced genetic sequencing groups who are trained to deliver rapid treatments in the midst of an outbreak.

While drug programs typically take years, a decade even, the goal of the Pandemic Prevention Program, or P3, is to be able to treat people just 60 days later when an epidemic occurs. In a simulation last year, the team was able to complete the timeline in approximately 78 days, but with coronavirus continuing to spread, the team has switched from simulation to reality.

Find out more about P3 and the work experts are doing to respond to COVID-19 as quickly as possible in this Focal Point.

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[duchi]

*Speedrunners:* If there's a Video Game for Covid-19 Cure discovery then It'll be done in no time.

[ricasiogaming]

“We should prepare ahead of time so we don’t have to scramble”
U.S government: your fired!

[poisedstool]

were in the stage were every country is working on a cure, while you are still waiting for a perfect time to evolve total organ failure

[kathrynloughrige]

Vanderbilt alum that recently moved back to Nashville after 5 years in San Francisco. So incredibly proud of this school, medical center, and my amazing city. ❤️ #NashvilleStrong

[lorestar]

My god this video was interesting as hell. Thank you

[NovaHolyDays]

For people who wants to be in the trial run for the vaccine, contact them

[elontusk]

Too early for the Wikipedia PhD comments 😢

[sebastianelytron]

A South American man has died due to stress over COVID-19.
😞




Nobody could control Hispanic.

[dantereyna]

The super sad part is I was selected to work in the vaccine research center for the summer. 😭. But they canceled it due to Covid19

[mrscitech]

*"The Race to Develop a Coronavirus Treatment in 60 Days"*

*Coronavirus: "It's been enough let's get out of here"*

[dylanwebb]

"Race to get it done in 60 days", "We simulated a 78 day response" "We are looking at another year or year an a half" ummm something isn't adding up here with the click bait title

[notlootbox]

Sucks being too early to read other people's comments.

[ddpwe]

20hrs/day since January?! We can't thank you guys enough for how fast you are responding and trying to get things done. Please get enough rest, we need them at their A game until this is figured out =(

[martinsichta]

People like him makes me believe that humanity still have a chance

[priyagulia]

Well... Hope for the best that this race turns out to be fruitful for humankind

[sussekind]

Grade A video!
This is the kind of information I love to learn about.

[gollem]

I’m always amazed with the people you can get in touch with to interview. It’s really impressive.

[PhoenixtheII]

20 hours a day working? yea. uhm. imagine the errors that will be made from fatigue.
Get some normal rest please.
Don't want to turn DARPA into DERPA

[raulbeienheimer]

So where is the treatment??? It's been more than 60 days since the outbreak

[olliveiromcallister]

The Future Race To Develop A After Coronavirus Treatment In 60 Days