Russia registers new Covid-19 drug to keep complications caused by virus ‘under control’

Russian developers have

Russian developers have registered a new drug that may help alleviate the harshest complications caused by Covid-19, including lung failure. It’s hoped the treatment can buy time before a vaccine is found.

Levilimab is the second medication to receive state approval through a fast-track mechanism, implemented to give doctors more options to tackle the virus, which has already infected more than 459,000 and killed 5,725 in Russia, according to official statistics.

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