US issues emergency approval for remdesivir for COVID-19 patients vanguardnews
The experimental drug remdesivir has been authorized by US regulators for emergency use against COVID-19, President Donald Trump announced Friday.
“It is really a really promising situation,” Trump said at the White House, where he was joined by Gilead’s CEO Daniel O’Day. Remdesivir, which is administered by an injection, was already available to some patients who enrolled in clinical trials, or who sought it out on a “compassionate use” basis. The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced the results of a trial involving more than 1,000 people on Wednesday.
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