A drug company says that adding an anti-inflammatory medicine to a drug already widely used for hospitalized COVID-19 patients shortens their time to recovery by an additional day. Eli Lilly announced the results Monday from a 1,000-person study sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The result have not yet been … Read more
Remdesivir will be combined with a multiple sclerosis drug in next phase of federal tests in hopes the combination will fight deadly inflammation in coronavirus patients Remdesivir has already been approved for emergency use authorization in severe coronavirus patients Now federal researchers will compared remdesivir and a placebo to remdesivir and beta interferon The drug is approved … Read more
Pfizer Inc signs multi-year deal to manufacture Gilead’s coronavirus antiviral remdesivir to boost production of the drug Pfizer Inc has signed a multi-year deal with Gilead Sciences Inc to manufacture and supply the antiviral remdesivir The drug is the only one approved in the US to treat coronavirus patients by emergency use after it was … Read more
Gilead Sciences Inc says it has ramped up production of its antiviral remdesivir and expects to produce millions of vials soon enough. The California-based pharmaceutical company announced in a statement on Thursday that it has increased supply by more than 50-fold since January. Officials say they expect to meet ‘real-time global demand’ beginning in October and … Read more
Gilead study says remdesivir reduces the risk of death in severely ill coronavirus patients by 62% Gilead compared 312 severely ill coronavirus patients receiving remdesivir compared to 818 patients receiving standard of care Nearly 75% of those treated with remdesivir recovered compared to 59% not given the drug Only 7.6% of remdesivir-treated patients died compared to … Read more
America’s top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci today demanded that Donald Trump share coronavirus wonder drug remdesivir with the world after the US bought up most of the globe’s supply. Dr Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says he is in favour of an ‘equitable type of distribution’ of … Read more
The US has bought almost the entire global supply of one of only two drugs proven to be effective against coronavirus. The drug, made by American pharmaceutical firm Gilead, was initially developed as a failed Ebola treatment but studies have now shown it speeds up recovery from coronavirus. However, patients in the UK and Europe … Read more
The US government has bought up virtually the entire global supply of remdesivir, the only drug approved in the nation to treat coronavirus, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Monday. That means that any other country will be hard-pressed to get access to the potentially life-saving antiviral medication. Gilead Sciences, which makes … Read more
Giving coronavirus patients remdesivir early may prevent deadly lung damage, suggests study that showed it blocked respiratory disease in monkeys Giving six macaque monkeys infected with coronavirus remdesivir early prevented severe lung disease responsible for many COVID-19 deaths The six that got the treatment showed no signs of lung disease but those that did not … Read more
US government’s supply of remdesivir – the only drug shown to work against coronavirus – will run out at the end of the month Redmesivir, made by California-based Gilead Sciences, is the only drug that’s been shown to help shorten the recovery time for coronavirus patients The US government’s supply is running out and it … Read more