Authorities in the United States will allow the emergency use of Ebola drug remdesivir for treating patients with severe COVID-19.The...
Authorities in the United States will allow the emergency use of Ebola drug remdesivir for treating patients with severe COVID-19.
However the emergency authorisation by the Food and Drug Administration means usage has been rushed through without the usual higher levels of review medication goes through before it can be rolled out for treating the public. “It’s the first authorised therapy for Covid-19, so we’re really proud to be part of it,” FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, also present at the meeting, added.US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases found that remdesivir shortened the duration of symptoms suffered by patients with Covid-19 from 15 days to 11 during clinical trials on 1063 different people with the virus in hospitals around the world.
Even so, while the drug may speed up recovery, and potentially stop the need for some patients to be treated in intensive care, there was no clear evidence it could actually prevent further deaths from the virus.Convalescent plasma
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