|Articles|April 20, 2020

Companies Launch New Framework to Accelerate COVID-19 Research

Medable Inc. has announced a multi-company research framework to accelerate development of diagnostics and treatments for COVID-19. The ACCESS initiative-short for American COVID-19 Collaborative Enabling Seamless Science-provides a mobile consumer application and secure infrastructure to connect health researchers and clinical trial teams securely with up to millions of home-bound individuals in the United States. ACCESS is a collaborative effort led by Medable, together with technology, healthcare and life sciences companies including BioIntelliSense, Datavant, Parexel, PWNHealth, and the American Heart Association’s Center for Health Technology and Innovation.

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