ISLAMABAD – US President said, a drug currently used as an antimalarial,hydroxychloroquine would be made available almost immediately to treatcoronavirus.
According to the details, Trump, speaking at a news conference, pointed toefforts on Gilead Sciences Inc’s experimental antiviral drug Remdesivir andthe generic antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, saying he had called onthe U.S. Food and Drug Administration to streamline its regulatory approvalprocess.
The sources of Reuters, US President Trump said, “We have to remove everybarrier.”
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Trump said, “We have to remove every barrier or a lot of barriers that wereunnecessary and they’ve done that to get the rapid deployment of safe,effective treatments and we think we have some good answers.”FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn carefully tempered the President’s remarksregarding his team’s work to develop treatments for coronavirus.He said, “The FDA is committed to continuing to provide regulatoryflexibility and guidance, but let me make one thing clear: the FDA’sresponsibility to the American people is to ensure that products are safeand effective.”
