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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (497): baricitinib, viral load dynamics, Samoa, WHO, global

COVID-19 -- Worldwide/UnknownUsing AI we identified baricitinib as possessing anti-viral and anti-cytokine efficacy. We now show a 71% (95% confidence interval 0.15-0.58) mortality benefit in 83 patients with moderate-severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia with few drug-induced adverse events, including a large elderly cohort (median age, 81 years). A further 48 cases with mild-moderate pneumonia recovered uneventfully. Using organotypic 3D cultures of primary human liver cells, we demonstrate that interferon-alpha-2 Read more [...]