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Texas Public Radio: Antiviral drug is approved for emergency use to treat COVID-19 patients

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Friday, May 8, 2020

Texas Public Radio: Antiviral drug is approved for emergency use to treat COVID-19 patients


Dr. Thomas Patterson, chief of infectious disease, discusses the new antiviral drug, remdesivir, receiving emergency authorization by the FDA. Patterson is a local PI of the UT Health San Antonio study site in collaboration with University Hospital. Read the story.


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