Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know.A central priority of the UK Government in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic is fast-tracking the development of potential treatments and vaccines for this deadly disease.
This policy is being carried out by expert-led taskforces, which oversee the development landscape and support promising innovations.
In April, when the UK was experiencing an extreme peak in Covid-19 cases, the government established both a Therapeutics Taskforce and a Vaccines Taskforce.
The Therapeutics Taskforce centres around an Accelerating COVID-19 Research & Development (ACCORD) platform that will advance treatments that show promise in early clinical.