Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals to Aid in Global Fight Against Coronavirus Pandemic - Seite 2

Since 2012, the Harrington Discovery Institute has helped the nation's best trained physicians and academic scientists translate their breakthrough discoveries into next-generation medicines. HDI advances these discoveries with financial capital and drug development know-how in the form of expert industry teams.  By proactively developing sizeable portfolios of breakthrough medicines that meet critical medical need, HDI is particularly well positioned to tackle emergent medical challenges.

Addressing the profound medical need to combat COVID-19 from multiple angles, University Hospitals CEO Tom Zenty said, "Our mission is To Heal. To Teach. To Discover. We co-created Harrington Discovery Institute as part of our commitment to the 'discovery' aspects of our mission. Never has the need for HDI been more apparent and our founding premise for HDI been so justified: At a time when hospitals are providing front-line, supportive care, we are privileged through HDI to play an active role in finding new medicines to battle the pandemic here in Ohio and internationally."

Dr. Stamler explained that Harrington Discovery Institute will work closely with strategic partners on this effort. Philanthropic funders, private sector partners, banking leaders and pharmaceutical company executives have encouraged HDI to move forward where drug and therapeutics needs are greatest. Related to Coronavirus, the private sector and philanthropic community have quickly made tremendous strides toward new vaccines and repurposing of approved drugs; HDI sees opportunity to significantly complement those programs through treating the complications of the current virus, protecting against new viruses and viral subtypes, and accelerating the development of broad spectrum anti-virals.

The institute's partnerships with hundreds of academic drug discovery organizations across North America and in the United Kingdom provide it with rapid and strong access to top physicians and scientists developing drugs that may help treat the virus and complications from the virus. It will now add resources to this platform so that academic scientists can address the medical crisis and new landscape.

"Our generous funders like the Harrington Family and University Hospitals have supported us because they are dedicated to bringing new treatments to patients and to saving lives. They are extremely eager to see Harrington Discovery Institute align our efforts with immediate international need," stated Dr. Stamler.

Harrington Discovery Institute
The Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, OH—part of The Harrington Project for Discovery & Development—aims to advance medicine and society by enabling our nation's most inventive scientists to turn their discoveries into medicines that improve human health. The institute was created in 2012 with a $50 million founding gift from the Harrington family and instantiates the commitment they share with University Hospitals to a Vision for a 'Better World'. For more information, visit: HarringtonDiscovery.org.