Roche says its drugs reduce ventilator need for COVID-19 patients

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Roche’s Actermra/Roactemra drugs reduces the likelihood patients with COVID-19 related pneumonia need mechanical ventilation, the company said on Friday.

Hospital patients taking the drug were 44% less likely to need ventilators or die, the company said, citing the results of its Empacta phase III study conducted in several countries including the United States.

Roche said it would share the results of its trial with health authorities, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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