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The Pandemic Antiviral Discovery Fund aims to mirror its vaccines counterpart CEPI, advancing drugs to phase II development to be ready for when the next pandemic strikes

Ottawa announcements add to the list of Western countries sanctioning relations with Russian science – and reflect huge Ukrainian community in Canada

Ghent University rector Rik Van de Walle says statement by Russian rectors changes the game, but individual east-west contacts and academic freedom must continue

In its latest statement the umbrella body Universities UK says it does not support ‘blanket academic boycotts’. However, some universities are acting unilaterally to end ties with Russia, while across the Channel at least 16 EU countries have frozen partnerships

Research ministers sign Marseille declaration on fundamental values for international scientific cooperation, but these fall far short of addressing how the EU’s foreign science policy should respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

‘Every war is a health crisis,’ says Karolinska Institutet’s Ole Petter Ottersen. Medical and other faculties must plan for the long haul – condemning Russia´s military aggression without sacrificing academic freedom

Private companies control the circulation of scientific information and the prestige of universities. They are now under pressure to act, but some caution against ending a culture of scientific openness

Famed particle-physics lab in Geneva joins growing movement to ban Russia from new research collaborations as Ukraine war intensifies

Russian space agency makes threats and says it will allocate ‘unprecedented’ resources to its own space industry – but Western officials are assessing the impact

Universities in Central and Eastern Europe have already begun helping students, academics and researchers affected by the war – but the scale of the problem is still unknown

Russian rectors have fallen into line behind Vladimir Putin, shocking European academics. But some think their statement was made under duress

The Coalition for Pandemic Preparedness played a key part in speeding development of COVID-19 vaccines. It now needs support over the next five years to end the pandemic and be ready for future infectious disease outbreaks

As movement to suspend western research ties to Russia gathers speed, the Dutch and Slovenian governments, and a European academic group, announce sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine

Formal joint projects are suspended. But that doesn’t mean academics can’t keep talking to Russians, or even doing private research, says the head of the German rectors’ conference