Roche starts Actemra and remdesivir trial in COVID-19

29 May 2020
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Swiss pharma giant Roche (ROG: SIX) is about to start a Phase III study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Actemra/RoActemra (tocilizumab) plus Gilead Sciences’ (Nasdaq: GOLD) antiviral remdesivir.

The global trial, called REMDACTA, is a comparison of the two drugs versus placebo and remdesivir in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia, in collaboration with Gilead.

Potentially effective combination

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