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WHO launching master protocol for COVID-19 therapies
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March 18, 2020 9:18 PM UTC
Updated on Mar 25, 2020 at 9:44 PM UTC
WHO has launched an international master protocol to study the safety and effectiveness of drugs for treating patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
The trial is being conducted because “multiple small trials with different methodologies may not give us the clear, strong evidence we need about which treatments help to save lives,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference Wednesday. ...