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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday (June 15)  withdrew the emergency use authorization of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 patients saying that the drug, which was called as ‘game-changer’ in treatment of COVID-19, may not be effective to cure the deadly virus infection.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday (June 15) pulled back the crisis use authorization of hostile to malarial drug hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 patients saying that the drug, which was called as ‘distinct advantage’ in treatment of COVID-19, may not be compelling to fix the fatal virus contamination.

The US food and drug administrative body took the choice based on some new data, including clinical preliminary information results. The US FDA additionally said that the advantages of HCQ in rewarding the COVID-19 patients don’t exceed its known dangers.

FDA boss researcher Denise Hinton composed a letter to Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) saying that the oral definitions of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and (chloroquine) CQ ought not to be used to treat COVID-19 patients.

It might be reviewed that the crisis use approval for use of oral definitions of chloroquine phosphate (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine sulfate (HCQ) was given by the US FDA on March 28.

“Prior perceptions of diminished viral shedding with HCQ or CQ treatment have not been reliably duplicated and late information from a randomized controlled preliminary evaluating likelihood of negative change demonstrated no contrast among HCQ and standard of care alone,” Hinton said in his letter.

Eminently, according to the current treatment rules in the US, the use of CQ or HCQ isn’t suggested in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 outside of a clinical preliminary.

“Late information from a huge randomized controlled preliminary indicated no proof of advantage for mortality or different results, for example, emergency clinic length of remain or requirement for mechanical ventilation of HCQ treatment in hospitalized patients with COVID-19,” the letter said.

Prior, President Trump had called HCQ a “distinct advantage” drug in the battle against COVID-19 and at his solicitation, India had permitted the fare of 50 million HCQ tablets to the US in April.

On May 18, Trump had said in a public interview that he was taking hydroxychloroquine day by day to guard himself against coronavirus. He had additionally considered hydroxychloroquine a “line of resistance” against the coronavirus.