Lilly’s rheumatoid arthritis drug, combined with remdesivir, benefits Covid-19 patients who need oxygen by TheAlexKnapp
“The data continues to look encouraging,” Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins University Center For Health Security who is not affiliated with the study said in an email. “However it’s important to remember that we need to see how this drug does in those not only on remdesevir but on dexamethasone as well to understand it’s additive benefit .”
ACTT-2, which began on May 8, is one of several studies that the NIH is doing to determine the impact of using other drugs in combination with remdesivir. Over 1,000 patients were enrolled in the study, which compared outcomes of patients receiving a combination of baricitinib plus remdesivir to patients who received remdesivir alone.
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