British pharmatech firm Exscientia has announced a four-year collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
The artificial intelligence (AI)-driven company will use its technology to develop small molecule therapeutics for use in the current outbreak, and to help prepare for future pandemics.
Under the terms of the deal, the Gates Foundation and Exscientia will both contribute $35 million towards developing broad-spectrum coronavirus agents, including Exscientia’s lead program, which targets the main protease of the COVID-19 virus.
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