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WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/span><\/span><\/b> \u2013 Today, during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) questioned Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) about the development of COVID-19 therapeutics, as well as research and treatment for long-term effects for COVID-19 patients. A transcript of the Senator\u2019s full exchange can be found below, and a video of the Senator\u2019s full exchange can be found <\/span><\/span>aqu\u00ed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

ROSEN:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b> I\u2019d really like to thank all of the doctors for being here, and for their tireless service to our nation, for their information, for their hard work and study. And I\u2019d like to just make this other comment that most of us here do understand that data takes time, good data takes time. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Over 5,100 Nevadans have already died from COVID, I don\u2019t want to see that going up. And so, I have introduced bipartisan legislation to hopefully track a diverse set of COVID patients long-term, a longitudinal study, and report those findings on a regular basis. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So, Dr. Fauci, I really appreciated so much the conversations we\u2019ve had in the past, [we\u2019ve] talked about monoclonal antibodies, other antivirals. We know both of those helped, but like I said, people are still dying. So, is it an issue of patients not having access to some of these, and what can you maybe tell us about what\u2019s in the pipeline for therapeutics for those who unfortunately may still contract the disease?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

FAUCI: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b>I had outlined — and I\u2019ll briefly repeat it \u2013 in my opening statement, that we have therapeutics for people with early disease. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The difficulty logistically is getting people early enough to make it work. Monoclonal antibodies clearly work in the setting of getting people before they enter the hospital, and before they develop advanced symptoms. Every study that\u2019s looked at monoclonal antibodies after a person has advanced disease in the hospital has shown no benefit. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We do have good drugs for advanced disease, particularly the state of the art of using dexamethasone with advanced individuals. We have a number of others under emergency use authorization, but getting to the point that I think you\u2019re suggesting, Senator, is that the real endgame for this is to develop targeted antiviral drugs very similar to what we did so successfully with antiretrovirals for HIV, and for curative therapies for hepatitis C. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We are now investing a considerable amount of resources and doing that. We have a couple of candidates now that look good, that actually have been developed previously, that we\u2019re putting into phase 1, 2, and 2a and 2b trials. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So, you\u2019re absolutely correct, we need to do better on therapy, and the strategy for the future is the direct antiviral therapies that are similar to what we did with HIV. Thanks.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

ROSEN:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b> Well, I\u2019d like to build on that then, because we hear about the long haulers or the long-term effects of COVID-19. We see people really suffering from this. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We know about 30 percent of all COVID patients really continue to suffer from some form of ill-defined symptoms. Prolonged fatigue — brain fog as some people are calling that \u2013 that may render folks unable to go to work. It puts them at risk for continued social isolation and other kinds of issues, it certainly decreases their immune system. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So, we have to be sure that we don\u2019t deny benefits to these folks who have the long-haul symptoms. But what can you tell me, Dr. Fauci, about NIH, how you\u2019re evaluating these troubling long-term health consequences, and are there treatments available? What\u2019s in the pipeline there for those that are continuing to suffer? Some people\u2019s sense of smell — I\u2019ve heard rancid smell \u2013 now they get their smell back but now everything smells sour or rotten. What are you doing?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

FAUCI: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b>We\u2019ve initiated a major program to the tune of $1.15 billion that we\u2019re doing at the NIH, also in collaboration with the CDC, in following cohorts of individuals to determine the incidents, the prevalence, how long these symptoms last. We have some studies saying they go out up to eight months or longer. You asked a very relevant question, what about treatment of them. It is very difficult to devise a therapeutic regimen when you don\u2019t know what the underlying mechanism of the pathogenic disease is, and that\u2019s the real stumbling block here is why we are intensively studying the individuals, because although it is an absolutely real phenomenon, we don\u2019t have any pathogenic mechanisms right now that we\u2019re certain of that has a commonality among all of them. We will find that out, and when we do then we\u2019ll be able to devise, hopefully, effective and appropriate therapies.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

ROSEN: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b>Thank you, I appreciate everything you\u2019re doing. Madam Chair, I yield back. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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