Drugmakers Announce Trial of Jakafi for COVID-19 Patients on Ventilators

Drugmakers Announce Trial of Jakafi for COVID-19 Patients on Ventilators
Breathing tubes hang next to a man with COVID-19 on a ventilator at a Stamford Hospital Intensive Care Unit in Stamford, Connecticut on April 24, 2020. John Moore/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Two drugmakers plan on testing a drug that blocks enzymes in COVID-19 patients on ventilators in the United States.

The phase-three trial of Jakafi will start soon on patients who are on mechanical ventilation and who have acute respiratory distress syndrome, a type of respiratory failure characterized by rapid onset of widespread inflammation in the lungs, Novartis and Incyte announced Tuesday.

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Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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