Rush to raise funds for large COVID-19 drug trial in Australian hospitals

The Age

23 March 2020 - Australian researchers behind a new clinical trial of two drugs to treat COVID-19 are desperate to raise $16 million after being inundated with requests from hospitals across the country to join the trial.

The trial, funded by the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and coordinated by Melbourne's Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, launched on Wednesday with enough funding to enrol 2400 patients in three hospitals.

But more than 60 hospitals across Australia have since asked to participate, leaving organisers millions of dollars short.

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