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Eli Lilly's rheumatoid arthritis drug helps in Covid-19 recovery when combined with Remdesivir
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 Flash floods triggered by a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Solan and Hamirpur districts and heavy rain killed two people.

Eli Lilly and Co said on Monday its rheumatoid arthritis drug Olumiant helped reduce the time taken to recover from Covid-19 in hospitalized patients in a clinical trial.

The US drugmaker said the drug, in combination with Gilead Sciences Inc's Remdesivir, met the main goal of shortening recovery when compared to Remdesivir alone.

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(Published 14 September 2020, 17:03 IST)