The Food and Drug Administration has ongoing clinical trials for 72 drugs to treat COVID-19, therapeutics that aren't a cure, but which will treat the symptoms of the disease, FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn announced Friday.
"But we are actively involved in both the academic and the commercial and private sector to find those. Seventy-two trials of therapeutics are underway in the United States under FDA oversight, and 211 are in the planning stages."
Earlier Friday, the FDA announced the official approval of an at-home test, which President Donald Trump praised.
"The first at-home COVID-19 test kit just got approved," Trump said.
Vice President Mike Pence, who has led the White House coronavirus task force, noted a further major milestone for testing.
"A bit of context: You may recall that one month ago, all of the testing that had been done in America, 80,000 Americans had been tested," he said.
Pence said testing will continue to accelerate, and that will automatically mean more confirmed cases.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/04/24/fda-approves-home-covid-19-test-is-overseeing-72-trials-of-treatments/
"But we are actively involved in both the academic and the commercial and private sector to find those. Seventy-two trials of therapeutics are underway in the United States under FDA oversight, and 211 are in the planning stages."
Earlier Friday, the FDA announced the official approval of an at-home test, which President Donald Trump praised.
"The first at-home COVID-19 test kit just got approved," Trump said.
Vice President Mike Pence, who has led the White House coronavirus task force, noted a further major milestone for testing.
"A bit of context: You may recall that one month ago, all of the testing that had been done in America, 80,000 Americans had been tested," he said.
Pence said testing will continue to accelerate, and that will automatically mean more confirmed cases.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/04/24/fda-approves-home-covid-19-test-is-overseeing-72-trials-of-treatments/
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