First pill for dengue shows promise in human challenge trial

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First pill for dengue shows promise in human challenge trial
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'It is the first ever to show antiviral activity against dengue,' Marnix Van Loock, who oversees emerging pathogens research for J&J’s Janssen division, says of the drug

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“It is the first ever to show antiviral activity against dengue,” Marnix Van Loock, who oversees emerging pathogens research for J&J’s Janssen division, said of the drug. In the trial done with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 10 volunteers were given a high dose of the J&J pill five days before being injected with a type of dengue. They continued to take the pill for 21 days afterwards.

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