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European Biomedical Research Infrastructures and the Fight against COVID-19 Pandemic
E V Tarasova1, P I Makarevich2, A Yu Efimenko3
1Senior Researcher, Department of Scientific Programs and Innovative Technologies, Medical Research and Education Center; Coordinator of the National Contact Point "Health" of the EU Framework Program "Horizon 2020", Lomonosov Moscow State University, 27/1 Lomonosov Prospect, Moscow, 119192, Russia.
Abstract:
The study aims to assess the role of EU biomedical research infrastructures in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and to analyze their response to the challenges associated with the spread of the new pathogen.
Materials And Methods:
We analyzed the materials of the Seventh Framework Program for Research and Technological Development (FP7, 2007-2013) of the EU and the Eighth Framework Program "Horizon 2020" (FP8, 2014-2020), official reports of the European Strategic Forum on Research Infrastructures, expert reports, as well as documents of the European Commission, the COVID-19 Data Portal, and other relevant sources of information.
Results:
The analysis revealed that the mechanisms created within the united European research community provided for a flexible response to the emerging threat of COVID-19 as soon as January-May 2020. In particular, information channels were established to timely analyze the research results and coordinate the efforts in the fight against COVID-19. The biomedical infrastructures created in the EU and proved successful earlier have now been mobilized to search for ways of preventing and treating COVID-19. These mechanisms facilitated communication and data exchange between various research institutions and thus laid the ground for new achievements in this area.
Conclusion:
The decisions taken to combat the COVID-19 pandemic have convincingly illustrated that the EU research infrastructures, integrated into a united ecosystem, are highly adaptable and flexible, which allows to realign priorities in a short time and to create instruments that enable scientists to respond to new challenges.
