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Coronavirus: US withdraws emergency use of hydroxychloroquine

Emergency use of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for coronavirus has been withdrawn by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA said that new evidence from clinical trials meant that it was no longer reasonable to believe that the drug would produce an antiviral effect. President Donald Trump later defended promoting… Read More »

Coronavirus: Malaria drug hydroxychloroquine ‘does not save lives’

A malaria drug that has been tested as a treatment for coronavirus does not save lives, one of the world’s largest trials shows. Hydroxychloroquine received global attention after being promoted by Donald Trump, and then controversy after studies on it were retracted. The drug has now been pulled from the UK’s Recovery trial, which is… Read More »

Mylan prepares hydroxychloroquine giveaways after production ramp-up

Mylan is one of a group of drugmakers that have joined the global effort to supply doses of generic hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial touted as a possible COVID-19 therapy, to ongoing clinical trials. Now, after ramping up production, Mylan is ready to dole out its stockpile faster than expected. After announcing last month it would restart… Read More »