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FDA Issues ‘All-Hands’ Program to Battle Coronavirus, Boost Clinical Trial Efforts

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday (March 31) unveiled the Coronavirus Treatment Acceleration Program (CTAP), which is designed to use “every tool at the agency’s disposal to bring new therapies to sick patients as quickly as possible, while at the same time supporting research to further evaluate whether these medical countermeasures are safe and effective for treating patients infected with this novel virus.”

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Helps Open New COVID-19 Clinical Trials in Six Days

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health just helped open two Phase III COVID-19–related therapeutic studies in six business days. The Gilead-sponsored studies, one of patients with moderate COVID-19 and the other with patients suffering more serious symptoms, are evaluating the safety and antiviral activity of Remdesivir (GS-5734™) against the condition.