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COVID-19

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Burden-over-time charts — how many people this disease affects and whether that number is rising or falling — are coming to this page. The treatability read, milestones, and live trial pipeline below are current.

Milestones

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199020002010202020252001 — Anakinra approved (FDA)2005 — Tocilizumab approved (FDA)2020 — Remdesivir approved (FDA)2020 — Tozinameran approved (FDA)2021 — Elasomeran approved (FDA)2021 — Adenovirus type 26 encoding sars-cov-2 spike glycoprotein approved (FDA)2021 — Sars-cov-2 virus spike protein approved (FDA)2021 — Regdanvimab approved (FDA)2021 — Sotrovimab approved (FDA)2021 — Chimpanzee adenovirus encoding sars-cov-2 spike glycoprotein approved (FDA)2022 — Sars-cov-2 virus, inactivated approved (FDA)2023 — Selvacovatein approved (FDA)
2001: Drug approval — Anakinra approved (FDA). 2005: Drug approval — Tocilizumab approved (FDA). 2020: Drug approval — Remdesivir approved (FDA). 2020: Drug approval — Tozinameran approved (FDA). 2021: Drug approval — Elasomeran approved (FDA). 2021: Drug approval — Adenovirus type 26 encoding sars-cov-2 spike glycoprotein approved (FDA). 2021: Drug approval — Sars-cov-2 virus spike protein approved (FDA). 2021: Drug approval — Regdanvimab approved (FDA). 2021: Drug approval — Sotrovimab approved (FDA). 2021: Drug approval — Chimpanzee adenovirus encoding sars-cov-2 spike glycoprotein approved (FDA). 2022: Drug approval — Sars-cov-2 virus, inactivated approved (FDA). 2023: Drug approval — Selvacovatein approved (FDA)

What's being tested now

2011: 1 trials started2013: 1 trials started2014: 1 trials started2016: 3 trials started2017: 1 trials started2019: 3 trials started2020: 83 trials started2021: 54 trials started2022: 55 trials started2023: 84 trials started2024: 86 trials started2025: 101 trials started2026: 77 trials started20202026101

Trials started per year, stacked by phase (darker = later phase). Source: ClinicalTrials.gov via Clin2, which tracks studies recruiting in recent years — early years undercount.

See all 433 active COVID-19 trials on Clin2 →

Related

Burden estimates: IHME Global Burden of Disease Study. Drug indications: ChEMBL (CC BY-SA). Trial data: ClinicalTrials.gov via Clin2. Velocity, acceleration, and turning points are computed by Clin2 — how this page is made. Treatability describes what medicine can do, not what is available everywhere. This page describes populations, not people, and is not medical advice.