New Flu Season, New Flu Drug from Genentech

New Flu Season, New Flu Drug from Genentech

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A lot of industry observers are looking at a new flu drug, baloxavir marboxil, for which clinical trial data was just published. STAT News notes, “The drug … cut the time people were sick with flu symptoms by a little over a day. And it dramatically reduced the amount of viruses that people with infections had in their upper respiratory tracts, suggesting they might be less likely to infect others through coughs and sneezes.”