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. 2021 Dec;9(12):1349-1351.
doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00358-1. Epub 2021 Sep 1.

Baricitinib: the first immunomodulatory treatment to reduce COVID-19 mortality in a placebo-controlled trial

Andre C Kalil  1 , Justin Stebbing  2
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Baricitinib: the first immunomodulatory treatment to reduce COVID-19 mortality in a placebo-controlled trial

Andre C Kalil et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Dec.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

JS reports personal fees from Vaccitech, Heat Biologics, Eli Lilly, Alveo Technologies, Agenus, Equilibre Biopharmaceuticals, Graviton Bioscience Corporation, Greenmantle, Zedsen, BenevolentAI, Lansdowne Partners, Vitruvian, BB Healthcare Trust PLC, and Celltrion; lecture fees from Eli Lilly; and advisory board participation (without fees) for Pear Bio, Certis Oncology Solutions, Bryologyx, the College of Experts for the DHSC/UKRI Global Effect on COVID-19 Health Research funding opportunity, and Volvox, all outside of the submitted work. JS is also on the board of directors for Xerion (without fees); and is the co-editor-in-chief of Oncogene (with stipend received from Springer Nature), outside of the submitted work. ACK declares no competing interests.

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