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Towards a European strategy to address the COVID-19 pandemic

Viola Priesemann, Rudi Balling, Simon Bauer, Philippe Beutels, André Calero Valdez, Sarah Cuschieri, Thomas Czypionka, Uga Dumpis, Enrico Glaab, Eva Grill, Pirta Hotulainen, Emil N. Iftekhar, Jenny Krutzinna, Christos Lionis, Helena Machado, Carlos Martins, Martin McKee, George N. Pavlakis, Matjaž Perc, Elena PetelosMartyn Pickersgill, Barbara Prainsack, Joacim Rocklöv, Eva Schernhammer, Ewa Szczurek, Sotirios Tsiodras, Steven Van Gucht, Peter Willeit

Original languageEnglish
JournalThe Lancet
Volume398
Issue number10303
Pages (from-to)838-839
Number of pages2
ISSN0140-6736
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 04.09.2021

Funding

RB is a shareholder of the Information Technology For Translational Medicine research institute. SB reports grants from Netzwerk Universitätsmedizin. PB reports grants from the EU's SC1-PHE-CORONAVIRUS-2020 programme, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKlein, and European Commission IMI, unrelated to this Correspondence. CL reports grants from the University of Oxford, the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training, Gilead Sciences, and the European Commission's Horizon 2020, unrelated to this Correspondence, all under the agreement and control of the Special Committee for Research Grants of the University of Crete, Greece. GNP's contribution is in his personal capacity; the opinions expressed are the author's own and do not reflect the views of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Department of Health and Human Services, or the US Government. GNP's patents and company interactions are managed through the NIH. EP reports grants from the European Commission and personal fees from the European Commission, Maastricht University, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and the Swedish Healthcare Academy, unrelated to this Correspondence. MPi reports grants and personal fees from Wellcome and the Economic and Social Research Council, grants from the Medical Research Council, and personal fees from the Research Foundation Flanders, unrelated to this Correspondence. BP is a member of the Austrian National Bioethics Committee and has been a member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (2017–21). Projects in the laboratory of ESz are co-funded by Merck Healthcare. All other authors declare no competing interests. Acknowledgements of funding sources are stated in the appendix . Additional information about the estimation of ICU admissions and translated versions of this Correspondence is available in the appendix.

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