Coronavirus Update: End Of The Road For Hydroxychloroquine?
Plus Komipharm Pushes Ahead With Panaphix
Executive Summary
UK investigators have pulled the plug on the drug trials, saying it is 'useless' in hospitalized COVID-19 patients - but the WHO is not giving up on its trial just yet.
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