By BERNADINE MUTANU More by this AuthorKenya is participating in clinical trials for two drugs which, if successful, will be used to treat Covid-19. Remdesivir is one of the candidates in the solidarity trial of drugs by the World Health Organisation (WHO). SOLIDARITY TRIAL DRUGSAdvertisementOther drugs that are being tested in the solidarity trial but not in Kenya are interferon-beta, originally used to treat multiple sclerosis and manufactured by Biogen Inc and marketed by Bayer. This means that both participants and those administering the drug will not know whether they have received or used the drug or the placebo. Kenya, is also expected to start recruiting participants for Oxford’s ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine.

Source: Daily Nation July 29, 2020 06:00 UTC