According to NIAID, hospitalised patients with advanced Covid-19 and lung involvement who received remdesivir recovered 31 percent faster.
Cipla South Africa is gearing up to produce Covid-19-approved US-developed drug remdesivir for South Africa and several other sub-Saharan countries.
The Emergency Use Authorization for remdesivir was first issued by the United States Food and Drug Administration on 1 May 20203, mainly based upon a study funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the USA. This study showed that remdesivir shortened the time to recovery in patients hospitalised with Covid-19.
This authorisation for emergency use was granted by the FDA on the basis that SARS-CoV-2 can cause a serious or life-threatening disease or condition, their view that the known and potential benefits of remdesivir outweigh the known and potential risks, and the fact that there is currently no adequate approved alternative treatment available for Covid-19
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