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China Uses Old To Fight New As Repurposed Drugs Take Coronavirus Role

Antimalarial Among Those Added To Guidelines

 
• By Brian Yang

Several newly repurposed drugs, including a Bayer antimalarial, have shown potential benefits against the new coronavirus, promoting China to add several to its latest revised treatment guidelines.

COMMUNITIES IN BEIJING UNDER LOCKEDOWN DUE TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
COMMUNITIES AROUND BEIJING REMAIN LARGELY CLOSED TO OUTSIDERS • Source: Brian Yang

When China’s Academy of Medical Science announced that it was screening some 30 drugs as potential treatments for the deadly coronavirus outbreak, few thought that many were actually being repurposed.

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Boehringer Still Sees Plenty Of Juice In Jardiance

 
• By Kevin Grogan

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• By Alaric DeArment

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