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Audio long-read: How drugmakers can be better prepared for the next pandemic

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Host Targeted Anti Virals Could Be a Better Pandemic Preparedness Tool

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Host targeted anti virals might have greater potential as pandemic preparedness tools. Human biology offers many more potentially drugable targets than do viruses. A combination of host targeted and direct acting drugs might offer the best insurance against future viral threats. But experts agree that any drug intended for pandemic preparedness must, at a minimum, be fully tested in animal models and go through some trials in healthy human volunteers.

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