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China approves its first homegrown COVID drug

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On Wednesday, a piece of good news emerged on the COVID-fighting front:

China’s drug regulator (NMPA) granted emergency approval of a COVID-19 treatment drug co-developed by Brii Biosciences, Tsinghua University, and the Third People’s Hospital of Shenzhen.

We’ll spare you the technical detai...