STAT: Gilead sues U.S., claiming it ‘secretly’ obtained patents on HIV research that led to Truvada “Gilead Sciences (GILD) has accused the U.S. government of breaching several contracts and ‘secretly’ obtaining patents stemming from research that led to the ground-breaking Truvada HIV-prevention pill. In a lawsuit filed late Friday, the…

The Atlantic: We Need an Atlantic Charter for the Post-coronavirus Era Richard Fontaine, chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security (4/16). The Conversation: Drug-resistant superbugs: A global threat intensified by the fight against coronavirus Lori L. Burrows, professor of biochemistry and biomedical sciences at McMaster University…

STAT: NIH partners with 16 drug companies in hopes of accelerating Covid-19 treatments and vaccines “The National Institutes of Health on Friday announced it would launch a sweeping public-private partnership between federal researchers and 16 pharmaceutical companies, aimed at coordinating and accelerating the development of Covid-19 treatments and vaccines. The…

HHS: Secretary Azar Statement on New Partnership to Develop National Strategy for COVID-19 Therapies and Vaccines In a statement on the launch of a public-private partnership among U.S. agencies, the European Medicines Agency, and private pharmaceutical companies, to develop a national strategy for a coordinated research response to the COVID-19…

Barron’s: Open Society Foundations Pledges $130 Million to Covid-19 Response (Block, 4/16). New York Times: George Soros’s Foundation Pledges $130 Million in Coronavirus Relief (Goldmacher, 4/16). CNBC: Coronavirus: WHO says changing climates and crowded cities drive disease outbreaks (Lovelace, 4/15). Devex: U.K. offers little detail on how aid-funded COVID-19 vaccine…

Washington Post: Chaotic search for coronavirus treatments undermines efforts, experts say “…Development of effective treatments for covid-19, the disease the [novel coronavirus] causes, would be one of the most significant milestones in returning the United States to normalcy. But the massive effort is disorganized and scattershot, harming its prospects for…

AP: U.N. chief: world faces misinformation epidemic about virus “U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned Tuesday that the world is facing ‘a dangerous epidemic of misinformation’ about COVID-19 and announced a U.N. campaign to flood the internet with facts and science to counter what he called ‘a poison’ that is putting…

CNBC: Bill Gates: This is how long it may take before Americans ‘can be completely safe’ from COVID-19 (Clifford, 4/8). Financial Times: Bill Gates urges rich countries to fund coronavirus vaccine search (Kortekaas, 4/9). Vox: These are the trade-offs we make when we depend on billionaires to save us (Schleifer,…

Borgen Magazine: Prenatal Care in Developing Countries (Sprimont, 4/8). CP/Globe and Mail: UNICEF warns coronavirus has sparked a rise in online child sexual predators (Blanchfield, 4/8). Devex: In Haiti, peanut farmers boost income — and children’s nutrition (Welsh, 4/6). Devex: Study highlights Rohingya eye care demand (Chadwick, 4/8). Financial Times:…

Mother Jones: Will Trump and His Enablers Ever Face Accountability for the Coronavirus Massacre? (Corn, 4/8). POLITICO: Trump’s coronavirus response relies on companies, just not his (Kumar, 4/9). Washington Post: Coronavirus crisis highlights Trump’s resistance to criticism — and his desire for fervent praise (Parker/Gearan, 4/8). Washington Post: Trump’s resistance…