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Japan Plans Alvesco Clinical Trial for Coronavirus
Japan’s National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) is planning a clinical trial for Teijin’s Alvesco (ciclesonide), an inhaled corticosteroid for asthma, for the treatment of pre-symptomatic patients infected with the novel coronavirus. The trial will examine whether Alvesco…
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