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• Pressure to Endorse Use of Unproven Drugs for COVID-19 Threatens Public Confidence

  WASHINGTON (April 16, 2020) — The widespread use of experimental treatments for COVID-19, including the antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, represents “ill-advised and uncontrolled human experimentation with unproven treatments,” say two former FDA chief scientists. Furthermore, political pressure or advocacy for specific experimental treatments, such as that surrounding the issuance of an Emergency Use Authorization […]

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