News
March 26, 2020
WE-REACH Executive Director Talks Covid-19 with USA Today, Salon, and Geekwire
Dr. Rodney Ho, the Principal Investigator (PI) and Director of the Center for WE-REACH talked with USA Today, Salon, and Geekwire to discuss remdesivir, lopinavir, and hydrocholoroquinine as potential treatments for Covid-19. As part of the center’s focus on providing scientists a bridge to medical impact, WE-REACH has prepared a list of funding opportunities with the NIH. For…
March 20, 2020
Funding for Coronavirus 2019 Treatments, Diagnostics, and Related Solutions
Congress and US federal agencies have responded to the coronavirus threat with funding aimed at fast-tracking promising technologies and products that can help address the needs. Examples of recently funded projects include support of the first high-throughput COVID-19 diagnostic test from Hologic as well as tests from several other companies. Medical Countermeasures BARDA Portal BARDA…
March 12, 2020
UW Innovation Highlighted on Italian TV for Treating Covid-19
Dr. Simone Perazzolo, a scientist in the TLC-ART Program, was featured on Italian national TV explaining how an FDA approved protease inhibitor called Lopinavir (Kaletra) may be effective against Covid-19 since requires protease enzymes to replicate. He has highlighted targeted and long-acting drug combinations containing Lopinavir + Tenofovir (HIV and Hepatitis B drugs) currently in…
January 31, 2020
WE-REACH is Open for Business
The Center for WE-REACH officially launched on Friday January 31st, 2020. With this announcement to ITHS partners in the WWAMI region, the center plans to educate the next generation of life science entrepreneurs and support value-added project funding to accelerate biomedical products from innovation to reach market and impact the community at large. The news…
December 18, 2019
National REACH Conference
On December 9th and 10th, 4 members of the WE-REACH Executive Leadership attended the National REACH conference held at NIH Headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Rodney Ho (WE-REACH PI and Executive Director), Tong Sun (ITHS Executive Director), Jeanette Ennis (CoMotion Associate Director of Innovation Investments), and Dr. Terri Butler (WE-REACH Associate Director of Outreach and…