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Amid COVID-19 Therapeutic Uncertainty, Experts Look for Potential Role for PGx in Managing Meds

Apr 24, 2020
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Turna Ray
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NEW YORK – Since the COVID-19 pandemic started earlier this year, thousands of clinical trials have launched in an effort to better understand the SARS-CoV-2 virus and in search of drugs to successfully treat the symptoms of infection. While these studies are ongoing, doctors are scrambling to make treatment decisions for severely ill COVID-19 patients based on limited, anecdotal evidence on safety and efficacy.

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