The drug is set to become the standard of care for Britain's National Health Service
DRUG DISCOVERY is, almost by definition, an emotional rollercoaster. The path to success is strewn with false hopes, disappointment and even the occasional scientific scandal. And so it has been with the search for a medicine to treat patients dying from covid-19.
The dexamethasone study was conducted as part of a larger trial by the NHS and the University of Oxford called RECOVERY , which is testing a range of drugs for covid-19 patients in 176 hospitals—-and is the world’s largest clinical trial of covid-19 drugs. Dexamethasone is an anti-inflammatory that is already used to treat a variety of health problems, including rheumatoid arthritis, eczema, asthma and some cancers.
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