RE: estimated global availability of new repurposed therapies for COVID197 Jun 2021 15:21
Hi Borsaci06, the report does include interferon. Quote -
Many previously analysed and once promising drugs are now proven ineffective, or even harmful. Hydroxychloroquine [5] is one such high-profile example; and despite FDA approval, remdesivir demonstrated no clinical benefit except for shorter duration of hospitalisation [6]. Furthermore, large-scale studies such as SOLIDARITY and RECOVERY have found other previously leading candidates such as lopinavir/ritonavir [6,7], interferon beta-1a [6] and azithromycin [8] to have no clinical benefit.
The reason its not included in the list of drugs is pretty obvious. WHO solidarity trial has long been a curse of interferon :)