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Clinical trials of corona pneumonia drugs

Clinical trials of corona pneumonia drugs

CHINA The medical authorities have approved the trial of Remdesivir in the treatment of corona virus pneumonia.

This is a decision of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the National Health Commission and the National Health Product Administration, announced on February 5. It is expected that the first patients who are positive for nCoV will be tested starting February 6.

Remdesivir is formulated by Gilead Science, an American biotechnology company. Previously, the drug cured corona pneumonia a 35-year-old man in the United States, also positive for the first new strain of corona virus in the country. The patient's health improved rapidly after just one day of intravenous injection, discharged on February 3.

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Medical staff at Hoa Than Son, the newly built field hospital in Hubei province. Photo: Xinhua

In previous animal cell experiments, the drug was shown to be resistant to SARS and MERS viruses, also belonging to the corona family. Remdesivir is used in the emergency treatment of Ebola patients. China also recognizes drugs that can block nCoV at the cellular level.

Currently, there are 761 patients registered to participate in drug trials. Scientists will test three methods including randomized, "double-blind" study and appropriate placebo. This is called the "gold standard" in clinical measures.

The trial process, coordinated by the China-Japan Friendship Hospital and the Institute of Medicinal Materials - Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, is expected to take place at several medical facilities in Wuhan city.

Pneumonia caused by the new strain of cororna virus started in December 2019 and has spread to all 31 provinces across the country and 26 countries and territories.

To date, the world has recorded 28,276 nCoV positive cases and 565 deaths, mostly in China. Many countries including the UK, France, the US, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines have evacuated citizens from the Wuhan epidemic. The mainland government has also blockaded more than 10 provinces to prevent the spread of the disease.

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