Scientists in the UK halted the drug trial of hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a potential ‘game changer’ in the pandemic, saying it was ‘useless’ at treating COVID-19 patients
LONDON - British scientists halted a major drug trial on Friday after it found that the anti-malarial hydroxychloroquine, touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a potential “game changer” in the pandemic, was “useless” at treating COVID-19 patients.
“This result should change medical practice worldwide. We can now stop using a drug that is useless.” Landray, a professor of medicine and epidemiology at Oxford University, noted the “huge speculation” about the drug as a treatment for COVID-19 but said there had been until now “an absence of reliable information from large randomised trials”.
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