Time to Step Up: A Call to Action For the Clinical and Quantitative Pharmacology Community to Accelerate Therapeutics for COVID-19

Clin Transl Sci. 2020 Jul;13(4):646-648. doi: 10.1111/cts.12824. Epub 2020 Jun 11.

Abstract

The global response to finding therapeutics for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is chaotic even if well intentioned. There is an opportunity, but more importantly, an obligation for the global clinical and quantitative pharmacology community to come together and use our state-of-the-art tools and expertise to help society accelerate therapeutics to fight COVID-19. This brief commentary is a call to action and highlights how the global pharmacology community should contribute to the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future pandemics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / adverse effects
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Betacoronavirus / drug effects*
  • Betacoronavirus / pathogenicity
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy*
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Approval / organization & administration*
  • Drug Development / organization & administration*
  • Drug Discovery / organization & administration*
  • Drug Dosage Calculations
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • Patient Safety
  • Pharmacology, Clinical / organization & administration*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Time Factors
  • Workflow

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents