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Northern Kentucky Hospital Selected For Phase-2 Clinical Trial Of COVID-19 Drug

courtesy St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Dr. Chaitanya Mandapakala, pulmonologist and principal investigator for clinical trial of PUL-042 at St. Elizabeth

A northern Kentucky hospital has been selected as the first site for a Phase 2 clinical trial, studying a drug, expected to help patients in the early stages of COVID-19.

Cheri Lawson talked with St. Elizabeth pulmonologist and lead investigator of the study Dr. Chaitanya  Mandapakala about the clinical trial and the drug PUL-042.  The second phase of the trial was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in early May.

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Cheri is a broadcast producer, anchor, reporter, announcer and talk show host with over 25 years of experience. For three years, she was the local host of Morning Edition on WMUB-FM at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Cheri produced and hosted local talk shows and news stories for the station for nine years. Prior to that, she produced and co-hosted a local talk show on WVXU, Cincinnati for nearly 15 years. Cheri has won numerous awards from the Public Radio News Directors Association, the Ohio and Kentucky Associated Press, and both the Cincinnati and Ohio chapters of the Society for Professional Journalists.
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