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Sarilumab Investigated to Treat COVID-19

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Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP, is a freelance medical writer based in New York City and a pharmacist at New York Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital.

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  1. Sanofi LLC. News release: Sanofi and Regeneron begin global Kevzara (sarilumab) clinical trial program in patients with severe COVID-19. 2020 Mar 16.
  2. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of sarilumab in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 (NCT04315298). ClinicalTrails.gov. 2020 Mar 19.
  3. Northwell Health. News release: Feinstein Institutes begins enrolling patients in multiple COVID-19 clinical trials. 2020 Mar 20.

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