Arthritic drug bariticinib effective in reducing covid 19 deaths
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Recent RECOVERY Trial said Eli Lilly and Incyte's arthritis drug baricitinib helped reduce the risk of death in hospitalised COVID-19 patients by 13% regardless of which other coronavirus treatment they were given, according to a large British study. Results showed 546 patients in the usual care group died within 28 days but only 513 patients in the baricitinib group died where they were also given a corticosteroid like dexamethasone, tocilizumab or remdesivir.
Scientists and doctors welcomed the addition of Baricitinib to the few treatments already shown to help treat severe COVID-19. Baricitinib inhibits Janus kinase (JAK) enzymes, which are intracellular enzymes involved in stimulating hematopoiesis and immune cell function.
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