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Drug Discovery

AbbVie and Harvard strike $30 million virus research and drug discovery alliance

by Ryan Cross
September 3, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 34

 

The North Chicago–based drug firm AbbVie has struck a $30 million, 3-year research partnership with Harvard Medical School focused on coronaviruses and emerging pathogens. The collaboration will include immune system research as well as efforts to discover both small-molecule and antibody drugs. AbbVie is testing its Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor to help reduce cytokine storms in people with COVID-19 and is developing a monoclonal antibody that targets the novel coronavirus.

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