Malaysia to begin Covid-19 drug clinical trials in WHO programme soon, says Health DG


PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): Malaysia’s involvement in the “Solidarity” trial, an international effort to test several drugs in treating Covid-19, will begin with clinical trials on local patients very soon, says Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic).

He said nine government hospitals would be participating in the clinical trials to use different combinations of remdesivir, lopinavir/ ritonavir, interferon beta, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.

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