Junshi’s COVID Antiviral Superior To Paxlovid? Some Caveats Unveiled
Executive Summary
Unexpected protocol changes and a single-blind design for a Phase III head-to-head trial seem to have played to the advantage of Junshi’s oral derivative of Gilead’s antiviral remdesivir in COVID-19.
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