====== COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator ======

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The **COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator** (CTA) is self-described as "a philanthropic collaboration supporting efforts to research, develop and bring effective treatments against [[COVID-19]] to market quickly and accessibly."((//Advancing research into accessible coronavirus treatments.// COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator. Retrieved July 7, 2021, from https://archive.ph/5RTn4)) 

===== Collaborators =====

CTA is co-funded by the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], [[Wellcome Trust]] and [[Mastercard]], and was announced on March 10, 2020.((Suzman, M. (2020, March 10). //Announcing the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator.// Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. https://archive.ph/Z8Q5l)) ((//COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator.// (2020, March 10). Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. https://archive.ph/uXOjt)) The initial funding was $125 million.((Au-Yeung, A. (2020, April 3). //A Bill Gates-Backed Accelerator For COVID-19 Therapeutics Treatment Partners With Madonna And Mark Zuckerberg’s Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.// Forbes. https://archive.ph/WGnvO))

By the end of March, a number of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies announced their participation. Those companies were [[medical_technology_companies:becton_dickinson_and_company|BD]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Boehringer Ingelheim]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:bioMerieux]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Eisai]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Eli Lilly]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Gilead Sciences]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:GlaxoSmithKline]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Johnson & Johnson]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Merck]] (both the US and German divisions), [[pharmaceutical_companies:Novartis]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Pfizer]], and [[pharmaceutical_companies:Sanofi]].((Staines, R. (2020, March 26). //Pharma giants including Novartis collaborate on COVID-19 therapies.// Pharmaphorum; Pharmaphorum Media Limited. https://archive.ph/8TAzM))

In April 2020, announced that the United Kingdom government, the [[Chan Zuckerberg Initiative]] and [[Madonna]] had joined as funders. CZI provided an additional $20 million, with a further $5 million available "based on future needs". The size of the UK government and Madonna's contributions were not disclosed.((Au-Yeung, A. (2020, April 3). //A Bill Gates-Backed Accelerator For COVID-19 Therapeutics Treatment Partners With Madonna And Mark Zuckerberg’s Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.// Forbes. https://archive.ph/WGnvO))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://covidtruthinitiative.ca/en/Organizations/COVID-19-Therapeutics-Accelerator|COVID Truth Initiative]]