Pragmatic RECOVERY trial validates drug with prior "mixed results" Tocilizumab (Actemra) showed a slight but statistically significant mortality benefit in critically ill COVID-19 patients, according to a press release from the U.K.'s pragmatic RECOVERY trial. Of patients treated with tocilizumab, an IL-6 inhibitor used for rheumatoid arthritis and related conditions, 29% died within 28 days versus 33% […]

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