Covid-19 roundup: Roche's Actemra marred by negative results; Here comes another single-armed remdesivir trial
Despite initial promising signs, Roche’s Actemra appears unable to escape the fate of Sanofi and Regeneron’s IL-6 Kevzara, as it failed to reduce severe respiratory symptoms, intensive care visits, or death any better than standard treatments of Covid-19.
Investigators in Italy stopped the trial early after reaching the conclusion at an interim analysis. They had enrolled only 126 patients, about one third of the intended number.
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