FDA officials said the approach had sufficiently promising data from Chinese doctors in the recent epidemic in Wuhan
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Food and Drug Administration has begun to allow doctors to treat some patients with the blood plasma of patients who have recovered from the coronavirus-caused Covid-19 disease.
The treatment must be approved on a case-by-case basis, and patients must meet certain conditions, the FDA said.
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