Health research

Pierre Meulien, director of the Innovative Medicines Initiative wants to see pooling of international research efforts to help curb the spread of COVID-19 and develop treatments for the respiratory infection it causes

The call is part of a wider strategy announced by the European Commission to contain the outbreak of COVID-19

Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen is looking to build support among member states for overarching strategy to fill the gaps that exist at a national level in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and after care of cancer patients

Emergency request goes out asking scientists to carry out research to help bring the epidemic to an end

Peter Ratcliffe is the seventh ERC-funded researcher to receive the award