Djokovic finances a treatment against the coronavirus

Novak Djokovic, who was recently expelled from Australia after a legal battle over his visa with local authorities for not being vaccinated, has owned 80% of the Danish company QuantBioRes since 2020, CEO Ivan Loncarevic revealed to Reuters on Wednesday. The company, which is based in Copenhagen and describes itself on its website as a firm dedicated to “helping humanity by developing treatments and cures against retroviruses and resistant bacteria”, is currently trying to find a medical procedure that can combat COVID more effectively. .

The activity of QuantBioRes is distributed in countries such as Denmark, Australia and Slovenia, and has eleven researchers in the project. Loncarevic emphasizes that they are looking for a treatment, not a vaccine. Getting into the matter, they focus their efforts on a peptide that would inhibit the coronavirus when it comes to infecting human cells. They hope to be able to start clinical trials this summer. Djokovic’s team, Reuters reports, have declined to comment on the matter.

The truth is that, Serbian media point out, in the Central Registry of Companies of Denmark it shows that Novak Djokovic has 40.8% of the shares and Jelena Djokovic, his wife, 39.2%. Djokovic is listed as a director of the company. As founders appear an individual, Anthony Charles Slingsby, and a company with a Serbian name, Tulua doo Belgrade Stari Grad, which contributed a capital of 400,000 Danish crowns (just over 5,000 euros) for its creation..