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Coronavirus Immunotherapy Consortium

The Coronavirus Immunotherapy Consortium (CoVIC) is a global public-private partnership based out of the Center for Infectious Disease and Vaccine Research at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology.[1] CoVIC's principal investigator is Erica Saphire.

The stated purpose of the consortium is to “accelerate discovery, optimization, and delivery of life-saving antibody-based therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2.”[2]

History

CoVIC is a continuation of the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Immunotherapeutic Consortium (VIC), which was previously formed to collect donations of antibodies against Ebola and Lassa viruses.[3]

Organization

Consortium partners include:[4]

  • Carterra
  • Duke University
  • La Jolla Institute for Immunology
  • Nexelis
  • Texas Biomedical Research Institute
  • University of Texas Medical Branch
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

Funding

CoVIC is funded by the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator, GHR Foundation, and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).[2:1] NIAID funding came as a supplement to a Center for Excellence in Therapeutic Research (CETR) grant to Dr. Saphire (U19 142790-02S1).

  1. Contact. Coronavirus Immunotherapy Consortium. Retrieved January 19, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230119213903/https://covic.lji.org/contact/ ↩︎

  2. About CoVIC. Coronavirus Immunotherapy Consortium. Retrieved January 19, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230119213917/https://covic.lji.org/about/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. CoVIC Formation and Mission. Coronavirus Immunotherapy Consortium. Retrieved January 19, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.01.19-215137/https://covic.lji.org/about/vic-as-a-model-for-covic/ ↩︎

  4. Partners. Coronavirus Immunotherapy Consortium. Retrieved January 19, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.01.19-220616/https://covic.lji.org/partners/ ↩︎