FDA Commissioner Steven Hahn clarified that the agency is still looking at data around numerous drugs to determine if they can be used to treat COVID-19, saying that even if drugs show promise they need to determine the right dosage and best time for it to be administered safely.
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On the malaria drug chloroquine, Pres. Trump said it has already been tested and is on the market—which can speed up new approval—and implied it would be available "almost immediately."http://abcn.ws/2Qx900y
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But Hahn said that while chloroquine is approved for use against malaria and, in some cases arthritis, the FDA wants to answer more questions in a large-scale clinical trial to determine what impact it could have on a patient battling novel coronavirus.http://abcn.ws/2Qx900y
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Hahn later added in a written statement that "we also must ensure these products are effective; otherwise we risk treating patients with a product that might not work when they could have pursued other, more appropriate, treatments."http://abcn.ws/2Qx900y
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@realDonaldTrump - we can speed up results that wayThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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He just lies and that’s all he does. Resign!pic.twitter.com/i9TSZx7jMB
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No data, just symptom management and needs to be studied in more than 30 people , dont fast track cocktails to us.
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Does he actually believe his own lies? Why do the "expert" coat racks behind him not pipe in and say uh no, no there's not...
@realDonaldTrump is THE fakest fake news ever. Ever. I repeat, ever.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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