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Clinical trials on coronavirus drugs may take only months, researcher says (NBC News)

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“If everything goes according to plan, I am talking months, not years,” for completion of three clinical trials, a researcher said.

An infectious disease specialist leading three clinical trials into treatments for coronavirus said he expects the work to go quickly.

“If everything goes according to plan, I am talking months, not years,” for completion of the trials, Dr. Timothy Schacker, vice dean for research at the University of Minnesota’s medical school, told NBC News.

Clinical trials often can take years, Schacker said, but these may take less time in part because the process of finding patients to participate is happening quickly….

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