WHO recommends new drugs for COVID-19 treatment
GENEVA- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday recommended interleukin-6 receptor blockers for people with severe COVID-19, urging the producers to join efforts to rapidly increase the access to the drugs.
The WHO said in a press release that the move is based on the findings from a prospective and a living network meta-analysis initiated by the WHO, the largest such analysis on the drugs to date.
These are the first drugs found to be effective against COVID-19 since corticosteroids were recommended by WHO in September 2020.
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