In a desperate bid to come up with a treatment for the novel coronavirus, scientists have identified nearly 70 drugs, some of which are used for conditions not even remotely related to infectious diseases, The New York Times reports, and are feverishly working to test them and possibly put them into use.
Getting a drug researched, developed, tested, and onto the market is an exacting, time-consuming, and arduous process that can take years if not decades. With coronavirus, the world doesn’t have that much time. So rather than focusing on creating a cure from scratch, researchers are looking into 69 existing drugs that may hold promise.
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