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In a letter to the FDA last week, 35 federal lawmakers recommend the agency consider approving human “challenge” trials for COVID-19, which would infect healthy volunteers with the deadly virus to test efficacy of a vaccine. But the FDA and some researchers have expressed concern over the ethics involved. Read More
AstraZeneca has begun a phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate its diabetes drug Farxiga (dapagliflozin) as a possible treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Read More
Results from a Chinese trial of Gilead’s antiviral remdesivir show no benefit in COVID-19 patients, according to data accidentally posted on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) website. Read More
With dozens of clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment currently in the planning or enrollment stages, there are mounting concerns that the drug’s risks could outweigh the benefits for COVID-19 patients. Read More