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Tocilizumab: Arthritis drug may treat severe Covid – BBC News
Early signs suggest it may help patients with severe breathing difficulties who are on ventilators.
By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent
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The rheumatoid arthritis drugs tocilizumab appears to treat people who are critically ill with Covid-19, early trial data shows.
The researchers in the UK and the Netherlands said it was “an absolutely amazing result”.
The drug is no longer being trialled as the researchers are so confident in the data, but the precise effect on survival is still being calculated.
Other experts have urged caution until the full data…
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