The US FDA may approve the use of Gilead's remdesivir drug against Covid-19, according to a New York Times report
Vials of investigational coronavirus disease treatment drug remdesivir are capped at a Gilead Sciences facility in La Verne, California, US, March 18, 2020.
The study, run by the National Institutes of Health, tested remdesivir versus usual care in 1,063 hospitalized coronavirus patients around the world. At the White House, NIH's Dr. Anthony Fauci said the drug reduced the time it takes patients to recover by 31 percent — 11 days on average versus 15 days for those just given usual care.
Remdesivir is among many treatments being tested against the coronavirus but was the farthest along in study. “We are excited and optimistic,” said one expert, Vanderbilt University’s Dr. Mark Denison. His lab first tested remdesivir against other coronaviruses in 2013 and has done much research on it since, but was not involved in the NIH study.
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