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Drug shows promise in 1st largely minority COVID-19 study

by AP Chief Medical Writer
| September 18, 2020 8:03 AM

A drug company said Friday that a medicine it sells to tamp down inflammation has helped prevent the need for breathing machines in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the first large study that primarily enrolled Hispanics and Blacks.

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