Behind a New Pill to Treat Covid: A Husband-and-Wife Team and a Hunch

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Behind a New Pill to Treat Covid: A Husband-and-Wife Team and a Hunch
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In early 2020, a husband and wife team took a chance on a drug that had never been tested in humans. It became a pill for Covid. “We thought this should be done even if there were risks.”

The bright orange capsule that could transform Covid-19 treatment wasn’t on the radar in January 2020 when the pandemic was unfolding. had never been tested in humans. Lab experiments suggested people would need an enormous dose.

And some scientists had raised concerns it might be toxic.
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