The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may announce a decision today to allow emergency use of an antiviral drug to treat coronavirus patients. It comes after studies showed that remdesivir, made by California-based Gilead Sciences, helped patients go from relying on oxygen to leave hospital in two weeks. What’s more, Dr Anthony Fauci, the … Read more
The US may approve emergency use of an Ebola drug today after one Oxford academic hailed its trial as a ‘fantastic result’ in the fight against COVID-19. Remdesivir, an antiviral made by California-based Gilead Sciences, was shown to slash recovery times in a global trial of more than 1,000 patients, including Britons. Anthony Fauci, America’s top … Read more
A trial of the antiviral drug remdesivir has produced ‘positive data’ for treating coronavirus patients, its maker, Gilead Sciences, said Wednesday. Gilead announced the results of a clinical trial testing the drug, which was originally developed to treat Ebola patients, in people severely ill with coronavirus. Half of the 397 patients, who were sick enough … Read more
Remdesivir costs about $1 a day to make, and the CEO of the company that developed it, Gilead, said the firm is committed to ensuring ‘access’ to the drug The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the Ebola drug remdesivir for emergency use on hospitalized coronavirus patients. President Donald Trump announced Friday that doctors … Read more
The antiviral remdesivir has shown promise for treating coronavirus, and the head of the drug’s maker, Gilead Sciences, said he’s committed to ensuring anyone who needs the drug will have access to it. ‘We’re going to work very closely with the government and with health care systems to make sure that it’s accessible, that it’s … Read more
The fight against coronavirus has been an uphill battle. Although we may be past the peak, hundreds are still dying every day, and often there is little doctors can do to save those hit by this mysterious disease. Yet eagerly awaited results of a ground-breaking medical trial have brought fresh hope. US researchers have published early … Read more
The first results from an international experimental US antiviral drug are promising, even as a trial of the same drug in China shuts down. More than half of a group of severely ill coronavirus patients from the US, Canada, Europe and Japan improved after taking remdesivir made by California-based Gilead Sciences. Originally developed as a … Read more
Melinda Gates says the world is likely to be permanently changed by the coronavirus pandemic and is likely to be the first of many in our lifetimes. Gates and her husband Bill chair the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which has already donated more than $45 billion towards vaccination research in the hope of tackling … Read more
Fresh hope for coronavirus treatment as anti-Ebola drug shows early signs it may be effective in fighting Covid-19 Gilead Sciences’ drug remdesivir was originally developed for ebola crisis Has been tested on a trial group of 53 severely ill coronavirus patients Scientists say the condition of more than half improved but seven patients died However there was no … Read more
Gorillas in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been ‘put on lockdown’ amid fears that they might also be able to catch the coronavirus. The move has seen gorilla tourism suspended for present and the closure of sanctuaries for other apes — including orangutans, which are also endangered. While habitat loss and … Read more