I really thought Camostat mesilate was going to be looked at

xpuente · on March 23, 2020

I think it is only approved for treatment in Japan

HarryHirsch · on March 23, 2020

But it has been around for at least 20 years. The safety profile is extremely well known.

jansan · on March 23, 2020

I don't even want to know what role lobbyists play in selecting the drugs used for the trial.

vikramkr · on March 23, 2020

Clearly if they played a big role they did a terrible job with how many of these drugs are off patent.

rsynnott · on March 23, 2020

Probably not a lot. Most of these are out of patent.

hcknwscommenter · on March 24, 2020

I guarantee you that Gilead has at least considered filing a patent application on a new use of the old compound. And they will probably get a grant. Same for all the other treatments.