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Connecting Experts during a Crisis
Aiding COVID-19 response with BIO Coronavirus hub
As the urgent need for manufacturing capacity and supplies continues to mount amid the rapidly growing coronavirus outbreak, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) is providing a central online location to match need requests with resource availability and expertise.
“We are all in this fight together. It will take the great scientists of this industry working together across the globe to win the battle against an invisible enemy. Creating a central location to match need requests with availability helps research and development programs continue.”
– Jim Greenwood, BIO President
BIO’s Challenges
Ensuring continued COVID-19 response
Open Social’s Solution
BIO Member Engagement Platform
With Open Social BIO launched their Coronavirus Hub, a public platform open to anyone in need and anyone who can help. This hub connects entities in need with those who have supplies and capacity critical to ensuring continued research on and response to the pandemic.
Knowledge sharing
BIO’s online community is platform where members can share knowledge. Open Social’s features lets members connect with the right information in Discussions and see all the updates relevant to them through personalized activity streams.
In the end, knowledge is power, but using it effectively is truly powerful. BIO’s online hub lets members share resources, expertise, and new knowledge as the pandemic unfolds.
BIO’s platform is a conduit to connect those in need with those who can share. The hub’s explore section allows members to search for a specific “need” or “give” among the existing posts.
Post a "need"
To post a need, or post the ability to give, members can click on a button on the home page, which is “Share what you need” or “Share what you can give.”
Searching
The hub enables members to post requests or search for “needs” and “ability to give” among four categories, divided into sub-topics:
- Research & Development
- Manufacturing Capacity & Distribution
- Supplies
- General & Scientific Information
Tagging
The hub allows members to tag posts and refine search among product types such as: Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and more.
This makes the platform easy and quick to use, allowing members to quickly find what they need.
Rapid development
Open Social wasted no time in getting BIO’s platform up and running.
Open Social’s technology allows us to easily develop and deploy a new platform.
In just 48 hours, together with BIO we launched their COVID-19 hub. We are delighted to help to achieve their incredibly important mission.
“We reached out to Open Social for an extremely rapid deployment of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) Coronavirus Hub. With the help of their skilled team, we went live 48-hours after our initial discussion.”
– Rich Masters, Executive Vice President, Public Affairs at BIO
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