Regeneron, Sanofi to treat only 'critical' COVID19 patients with arthritis drug
Watch also in iWant or TFC.tv Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc and Sanofi SA said on Monday they would test their arthritis drug, Kevzara, in critically ill COVID-19 patients after the drug showed no benefit for patients with a less severe form of the disease.
Early analysis of the study showed negative trends for most outcomes in "severe" patients, while there were positive trends for all outcomes in the "critical" group, the companies said. Kevzara belongs to a class of drugs called interleukin-6 inhibitors that could help regulate an overreaction to the virus by the body's immune system, which may be triggering the respiratory distress seen in severe COVID-19 cases.
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