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‘Wash it down with Lysol’: Ana Navarro ‘fine’ with Trump taking drug with ‘serious side effects’

GOP strategist Ana Navarro said she is “fine” with President Trump taking a drug with potentially dangerous side effects. Navarro, a CNN political commentator, responded to Trump’s claim that he was taking hydroxychloroquine in consultation with the White House physician, saying she would be fine if the president wanted to “wash” the drug down with… Read More »

White House pushes unproven drug for virus; doctors wary

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his administration kept up their out-sized promotion Monday of an malaria drug not yet officially approved for fighting the new coronavirus, even though scientists say more testing is needed before it’s proven safe and effective against COVID-19. Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro championed hydroxychloroquine in television interviews a day… Read More »

Novartis strikes deal with UK to provide cholesterol drug to high-risk patients

A technician at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. David L. Ryan | The Boston Globe | Getty Images Pharmaceutical giant Novartis has reached a deal with the U.K. government to provide its late-stage cholesterol drug, inclisiran, to patients at high risk of a heart attack, the company announced Monday. The drug,… Read More »