More than thirty studies and trials aimed at developing treatments against covid-19 have been launched in France, out of a total of 860 worldwide, detailed on Sunday Professor Florence Ader, infectiologist at the Croix-Rousse hospital in Lyon and responsible for one of these research programs. With a total of 1,600 patients already included in trials in the country, "the active search for a treatment against the coronavirus is extremely active in France", underlined the infectiologist, during a press conference in Matignon.
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A vaccine project led by the Institut Pasteur
Professor Florence Adler is piloting the Discovery program to find an effective antiviral against covid-19. This large-scale clinical trial, launched on March 22 and coordinated by Inserm, aims to test four potential treatments, including the controversial hydroxychloroquine, on 3,200 hospitalized and seriously ill patients in Europe. "This trial has already included close to 700 patients" in France, said the infectious disease specialist.
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In addition, according to this specialist, there are 150 projects around the world aimed at developing a vaccine against the coronavirus, including one in France, led by the Institut Pasteur and "whose trials in humans will begin by this summer. ".