‘Proof we’re on right track’: Russian drug developer ‘delighted’ about ‘similar’ Aussie Covid-19 therapy, but says Russia ‘ahead’

A team of scientists

A team of scientists from Australia and the US has announced the development of an “experimental” Covid-19 treatment. Russia embarked on the same path months earlier, with a drug now undergoing phase-two trials, RT has learned.

“We were delighted to know that another very strong team of scientists from Australia and the US have developed a similar drug,” Musa Khaitov, the head of the Immunology Institute of the Russian Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA), said on Friday, commenting on a recent announcement by the Australian researchers.

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