To Help High-Risk COVID-19 Patients, AstraZeneca's Testing a Diabetes Treatment

AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) and Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City have begun a clinical trial in which they are giving hospitalized COVID-19 patients Farxiga, which is actually a diabetes treatment. While the blood-sugar-lowering drug won't do anything to combat the coronavirus itself, the investigators are looking for signs that it can reduce the risk of some of its potentially lethal complications.