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Flash finding: 28% of all COVID-19 drug trials involve chloroquine products

For the past few weeks, we have been tracking the number of COVID-19 trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, with specific emphasis on drug trials. As of Tuesday, the week-over-week number of drug trials increased by 101 to a total of 431, and the number of different active ingredients undergoing trials for COVID-19 is now up to 190. When digging into those numbers, we found that the chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine craze appears to have spilled over to the research community, launching 124 trials on these two drugs – a staggering 28% of the total drug trials, as of today.

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