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Accelerating the collection of real-world data about COVID-19

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April 24, 2020 11:51 PM UTC
Updated on May 8, 2020 at 12:45 AM UTC

If there are silver linings to the COVID-19 crisis, one is the way groups and individuals who often have adversarial or competitive relationships are joining together to fight a common threat. Another is the acceleration of science and medicine that comes from overcoming barriers that have slowed progress.

The COVID-19 Evidence Accelerator, an initiative of the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA and Friends of Cancer Research, embodies both of these trends. ...