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Ivermectin Fails in Investigator-Led COVID Trial Too
Kitasato University Hospital said on September 30 that the antiparasitic agent ivermectin could not yield a statistically significant difference against placebo in the primary endpoint in an investigator-initiated trial for the treatment of COVID-19.The news comes just days after Kowa…
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