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Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/feeli...rug-for-critically-ill-starts-phase-3-trials/
Feeling better ‘in 2 hours’: COVID drug for critically ill starts Phase 3 trials
Experimental Israeli-made drug Allocetra, developed at Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital, being used to treat so-called cytokine storm, whereby immune system attacks body’s own organs
By TOI staff 9 February 2021, 11:11 pm 2
Experimental Israeli-made drug Allocetra, used to treat serious and critical COVID-19 cases, has completed Phase 2 trials successfully.
Of 20 seriously ill patients treated with the drug so far, 90% recovered, Israel’s Channel 13 news reported Tuesday.
Allocetra treats the over-response of the immune system and inflammatory response that is sometimes seen in COVID-19 patients, called a cytokine storm. The phenomenon can cause severe immune system attacks on the body’s own organs, leading to organ failure and sometimes death. ...
Feeling better ‘in 2 hours’: COVID drug for critically ill starts Phase 3 trials
Experimental Israeli-made drug Allocetra, developed at Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital, being used to treat so-called cytokine storm, whereby immune system attacks body’s own organs
By TOI staff 9 February 2021, 11:11 pm 2
Experimental Israeli-made drug Allocetra, used to treat serious and critical COVID-19 cases, has completed Phase 2 trials successfully.
Of 20 seriously ill patients treated with the drug so far, 90% recovered, Israel’s Channel 13 news reported Tuesday.
Allocetra treats the over-response of the immune system and inflammatory response that is sometimes seen in COVID-19 patients, called a cytokine storm. The phenomenon can cause severe immune system attacks on the body’s own organs, leading to organ failure and sometimes death. ...