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Biden Nominates Head of National Cancer Institute to Run NIH

New director will face potential scrutiny from both Republicans and Democrats

Biden to Nominate Head of National Cancer Institute to Run NIH

A new leader for the U.S. National Institutes of Health could put a fresh focus on efforts to cut cancer death rates

The National Institutes of Health announced Saturday that a clinical trial evaluating hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 has been stopped because the drug likely provides no benefit.

NIH Stops Hydroxychloroquine Trial

Although there was no harm, data and safety monitoring board found the drug 'very unlikely to be beneficial'
A clinical trial to assess the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for adults with the novel coronavirus is now underway

NIH Launches Clinical Trial of Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

Enrollees include more than 500 adults hospitalized or expected to be hospitalized with COVID-19
A number of institutions this week announced their participation in an international clinical drug trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of remdesivir in hospitalized patients with the novel coronavirus 2019.

Enrollment Begins in NIH-Sponsored Trial of Remdesivir for COVID-19 Patients

Institutions also announce enrollment in study evaluating efficacy of sarilumab for hospitalized COVID-19 patients
A U.S. National Institutes of Health oversight panel will no longer review all applications for gene therapy experiments. Instead

Comments Open on End of NIH Review for Gene Therapy Studies

NIH oversight panel no longer plans to review all applications for gene therapy experiments
A U.S. National Institutes of Health oversight panel will no longer review all applications for gene therapy experiments

NIH Panel Will No Longer Review Gene Therapy Experiments

FDA will now assess gene therapy experiments and products as it does with other treatments, drugs
Clinicians should control hypertension much more aggressively than current guidelines suggest

NIH: Benefits for More Intensive Control of Hypertension

Rates of heart attack, heart failure, and stroke cut significantly by more aggressive treatment