French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi and American drugmaker Regeneron said on Monday they have started clinical trials for a new drug in patients hospitalised with severe coronavirus infections.
Regeneron will trial in the United States, while Sanofi plans trials initially in Italy, particularly hard hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Specifically, it inhibits the immune receptor that plays a key role in lung inflammation, something severe coronavirus patients suffer from.
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