Japan's Eisai to launch clinical trial for coronavirus treatment

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Eisai will soon start clinical trials in the U.S. for Eritoran. (Photo by Kosaku Mimura)

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japanese pharmaceutical Eisai is set to begin clinical trials in the U.S. for Eritoran, a drug initially developed as a treatment for severe sepsis but which could be useful in the fight against the new coronavirus, the company announced Wednesday.

Eritoran is being studied as a way of treating the virus while preventing lung injury.

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