Coronavirus Update: Roche's Actemra Fails In Phase III COVID Study

Plus: Favipiravir Market Heating Up In India

29 Jul 2020

• By Scrip Team

Disappointment as Roche/Chugai antibody tocilizumab misses most endpoints.

Stewardess — Spain's hopes of reviving its tourism industry have been hit by a spike in new COVID-19 cases. The UK and Germany have both warned their citizens to stay away or face quarantine measures on their return.

Roche Holding AG/Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.’s Actemra/RoActemra (tocilizumab) has missed its primary endpoint of improved clinical status in hospitalized adult patients with severe COVID-19-associated pneumonia in the Phase III COVACTA study.

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