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Drug Evaluation during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Published time: 14 April 2020

Authors: Benjamin N. Rome, M.D., and Jerry Avorn, M.D.

Keywords: coronavirus, COVID-19, drugs, medicine


Abstract

The search for a treatment for Covid-19 is testing our country’s ability to quickly develop, test, and deploy medications, presenting both opportunities and challenges to our drug-assessment apparatus. Several aspects of the U.S. response raise serious concerns, highlighting how the processes for evaluating and approving drugs can go awry during a public health crisis.


Drug Evaluation during the Covid-19 Pandemic

 

Reference: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2009457

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