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The breakthough medicines that could change the course of Covid – The Guardian
Dexamethasone demonstrates power of large-scale, randomised trials in finding effective medicines
CoronavirusDexamethasone demonstrates power of large-scale, randomised trials in finding effective medicines
Sun 27 Dec 2020 06.45 GMT
It remains one of the most dramatically successful outcomes in the battle against Covid-19. A cheap treatment for inflammation was found to save lives of seriously ill patients while a trio of much-touted therapies were shown to have no effect.
It is now estimated that the discovery of the effectiveness of the drug dexamethasone has saved around 650,000 lives across…
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