WHO to study three possible COVID-19 treatments

[mystery-ak]

WHO to study three possible COVID-19 treatments
By Justine Coleman - 08/11/21 01:26 PM EDT

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday announced its plan to study three potential treatments for COVID-19 patients in its existing trial that spans across 52 countries.

As part of the new phase in the trial, researchers will test the effects of three anti-inflammatory drugs among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. The manufacturers of the drugs — artesunate, imatinib and infliximab — donated them to be studied for the trial.

Ipca Laboratories' artesunate has been used to treat severe malaria, Novartis’s imatinib for certain cancers and Johnson & Johnson’s infliximab for immune system diseases, including Crohn's disease.


“These therapies ... were selected by an independent expert panel for their potential in reducing the risk of death in hospitalized COVID-19 patients,” the WHO said in a press release.

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/567379-who-to-study-three-possible-covid-19-treatments

[PeteS in CA]

Unless WHO hands off conduct of the testing to hospitals, universities, and health orgs not part of WHO and an independent organization collects and has possession of all test data plus oversight of safety and effectiveness completion (which is what the FDA did and does, including with Covid vaccines), no! Until, for starters, the people responsible for WHO being China's parrot spokesmouth are rooted out of WHO - including the head of WHO - WHO cannot be trusted in matters Covid.

I'm not into the one-size-fits-all Magic HCQ/Ivermectin Bullet kind of thinking. The more prophylactic and treatment medications, the better the range of options from which individual people can choose. The meds being studied may be helpful, but WHO has, at best, forfeited all trust wrt Covid.

[Kamaji]

Unless WHO hands off conduct of the testing to hospitals, universities, and health orgs not part of WHO and an independent organization collects and has possession of all test data plus oversight of safety and effectiveness completion (which is what the FDA did and does, including with Covid vaccines), no! Until, for starters, the people responsible for WHO being China's parrot spokesmouth are rooted out of WHO - including the head of WHO - WHO cannot be trusted in matters Covid.

I'm not into the one-size-fits-all Magic HCQ/Ivermectin Bullet kind of thinking. The more prophylactic and treatment medications, the better the range of options from which individual people can choose. The meds being studied may be helpful, but WHO has, at best, forfeited all trust wrt Covid.

Agreed.