NSTheal The US is fast-tracking anti-malarial drugs for use as a treatment against the Covid19 coronavirus, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday, following encouraging early results in France and China.
Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have not been given a formal green light in the US to fight the pandemic, but the Food and Drug Administration said it will work with domestic makers to expand production as it studies their efficacy.
“If there is an experimental drug that is potentially available, a doctor could ask for that drug to be used in a patient. We have criteria for that and very speedy approval for that,” said FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn. Some in the wider scientific community have cautioned more research is needed to prove that they really work and are safe for Covid-19.
“I’m just doing my duty, and I am happy to see that now eight or nine countries recommend chloroquine treatment for patients with this new coronavirus,” he told AFP.
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