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aviptadil intravenous (RLF-100) / Relief Therap, NeuroRxRelief Therapeutics, NeuroRx get FDA nod to start coronavirus trial (Reuters) - Mar 29, 2020 - "The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has authorised the start of a mid-stage trial by U.S.-Israeli NeuroRx and Relief Therapeutics for the use of Aviptadil to treat Acute Respiratory Distress in coronavirus patients....They are recruiting study sites and pharmacies to begin a phase 2 trial. The FDA issued a 'study may proceed' letter 24 hours after their investigational new drug application."chloroquine phosphate / Generic mfg.Covid-19: NIMR begins test trial tomorrow – Prof Salako (Vanguard Media Limited) - Mar 29, 2020 - "...Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, will begin clinical trials on three rapid testing kits for the disease tomorrow. Also, the institute will commence clinical trials on the efficacy of chloroquine on people who tested positive to COVID-19 and those showing symptoms but not confirmed yet."hydroxychloroquine / Generic mfg.; azithromycin / Generic mfg.US coronavirus: Trump asks FDA to immediately approve malaria drug and antibiotic combo (InfoSurHoy.com) - Mar 29, 2020 - "...the president urged the Food and Drug Administration in a tweet to speed approval for a malarial drug and an antibiotic to treat coronavirus patients...‘HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE & AZITHROMYCIN, taken together, have a real chance to be one of the biggest game changers in the history of medicine'...."azithromycin / Generic mfg.; hydroxychloroquine / Generic mfg.Covid 19 treatment: French expert says second study shows malaria drug helps fight coronavirus (Financialexpress) - Mar 29, 2020 - "Dr Philippe Gautret, who was part of the team behind Raoult's latest findings, admitted that they only used the combination of drugs on 'patients who had not been showing signs of being seriously ill after admission' to the hospital....They said the testing was not carried out in a controlled study and that the results were purely 'observational'. Dr Raoult...said his new study of 80 patients showed that four out of five of those treated with the drug had 'favourable' outcomes."Fighting Covid-19: Houston hospital first in US to try coronavirus blood transfusion therapy (New Indian Express) - Mar 29, 2020 - "A prominent US hospital here has infused the blood of a patient, who has recovered from COVID-19, into a critically ill patient, becoming the first medical facility in the country to try the experimental therapy....Methodist...began recruiting blood plasma donors from among 250 patients who have tested positive for the virus at the system's hospitals."UofL researchers focus on coronavirus treatment, testing cells growing quickly in host tobacco plants (NKyTribune) - Mar 29, 2020 - "The University of Louisville’s biocontainment laboratory is being called upon in research efforts focusing on the coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19, and a Kentucky crop could be a key....The research goal is to identify the best potential treatment option that could eventually be tested in humans, first at UofL to gauge its safety and efficacy and then later at the University of Pittsburgh and other clinical trial sites to continue to test its effectiveness....Some of the compounds are already showing promise in the laboratory."Telehealth, new social media sources and a glimmer of hope that Covid-19 curve is flattening (The RiotACT) - Mar 29, 2020 - "The Prime Minister’s major announcement today concerned the immediate rollout of Telehealth from Monday morning and ways to distribute official information via a new What’s App feature and the Apple coronavirus app....Health Minister Greg Hunt described 'a time of profound and understandable stress, anxiety, depression, isolation, and need for access to services', but said the telehealth changes enacted in 10 days would otherwise have taken 10 years to accomplish and would mean substantial assistance was available during the crisis."
