Dr. James Bradner tells @MIT course: "We're not remotely out of the woods."

Even w/ vaccines, he says we'll need better drugs. There are 770 compounds in development +300 plus in clinical studies.

http://web.mit.edu/webcast/biology/covid-19-sars-cov-2-and-the-pandemic/

I'm live tweeting this great lecture by Dr. James Bradner.
Chemists looking for new drugs are like locksmiths, he says, trying to find proteins that fit together like keys in a lock.

http://web.mit.edu/webcast/biology/covid-19-sars-cov-2-and-the-pandemic/

Repurposing old drugs for covid-19. "It's an experiment that should always be done, but it almost never works," says Dr. James Bradner.

http://web.mit.edu/webcast/biology/covid-19-sars-cov-2-and-the-pandemic/

Dr. James Bradner: Without good anti-virals to combat covid-19, the drugs keeping patients alive right now are sedatives, used while they're intubated. http://web.mit.edu/webcast/biology/covid-19-sars-cov-2-and-the-pandemic/

Dr. James Bradner: We need to keep looking for better covid-19 drugs Anti-virals will complement vaccines. As with influenza, even with a vaccine, there is still need for an anti-viral drugs. http://web.mit.edu/webcast/biology/covid-19-sars-cov-2-and-the-pandemic/

Dr. James Bradner. Lots of drugs under development for covid-19.