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What is a clinical trial? A health policy expert explains

  • Written by Zoe McLaren, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Over 2,000 drugs are approved by the FDA for human use. Yulia Reznikov/Movement via Getty Images

A commonly used malaria drug was recently proposed as a treatment for COVID-19 during a White House press briefing, even though it hadn’t yet been properly evaluated in clinical trials or approved for this use. Does the urgency of the current...

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