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Grand Rounds January 12, 2024: Design and Implementation of a Weighted Lottery to Equitably Allocate Scarce Covid-19 Resources (Erin K. McCreary, PharmD, BCIDP)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

The COVID Therapeutics Committee worked with the state health department to develop a policy for fair allocation of scarce medications to treat COVID-19. We know there is a digital gap in disadvantaged patients and elderly patients. The first drug that used the new process was Remdesivir in May 2020.