The U.S. will begin clinical trials of the anti-flu drug Avigan for its potential use as a treatment for the novel coronavirus

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The Japanese anti-viral drug is said to interfere with the virus replication process, which may help combat the COVID-19 virus.

"That is just about possible if everything goes perfectly. We have to go for that.

The trial will observe the safety of various doses and whether it ignites the immune system among its 45 participants, who are aged between 18 and 55 with no health conditions, over 14 months.CanSino Biologics, last month announced its vaccine Ad5-nCoV had been approved The team hopes the vaccine will initiate the creation of antibodies against the COVID-19 virus by taking a piece of its genetic code and combining it with a harmless virus.

Japan's Fujifilm Corporation has already begun clinical trials to test the effectiveness of its anti-flu drug Avigan in treating patients with the new coronavirus.The COVID-19 virus, which was first detected in Wuhan, China, has spread to more than 1.7 million people in at least 185 countries and regions, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University. More than 404,000 people have recovered from infection, while more than 108,000 have died so far. The U.S.

 

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Gates, and Trump and some others should test it 1st

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So after you stripped people with auto immune diseases of their access to sometimes the only drug that can help them .. virtually worldwide...ya know a drug that nobody said actually works with any sort of trial. Now you go after the next secret shareholders pocket filler! Cool.

Does impotus have stock in this medicine too ? SpeakerPelosi RepAdamSchiff

Coronavirus is like HIV ( AIDS). Coronavirus attacks T Cells your Immune System that affects your lungs. Not flu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU NEED TO WAKE UP, SMELL COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT FLU. CORONAVIRUS ACTS LIKE HIV AIDS!!!!!!!!!!! ATTACKS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM T CELLS!!!!!!!!

Hopefully they see successes. We're basically shotgunning for a potential holdover treatment until we get a vaccine.

so glad Obama isn't president... instead of immediately hitting the ground running like Trump did to save lives - he would have ordered a 2 year study on the effects of the Covid-19 on the environment.

Someone check; Trump will have shares, just as he did with the chloroquinine.

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