The Coronavirus Treatment Acceleration Program is designed to bring new therapies to COVID-19 patients as quickly as possible while supporting research to determine whether those therapies are safe and effective.
The agency said there are 10 “therapeutic agents” to treat COVID-19 that are in active trials and another 15 that are in planning stages. The FDA will update the numbers as they change.
Read the full news release here.
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