Friday, May 1, 2020

Dr. Fauci on remdesivir for COVID-19: ‘This will be the standard of care’

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony S. Fauci, MD, said today that data from a multinational randomized control trial showed that Gilead’s investigational antiviral remdesivir “has a clear-cut significant positive effect in diminishing time to recovery” for patients with COVID-19.
“This will be the standard of care,” Fauci, a White House advisor on the pandemic, said during comments from the Oval Office. Fauci said the results, which have not yet been peer-reviewed, prove “that a drug can block this virus.”
Read more:
https://www.healio.com/infectious-disease/emerging-diseases/news/online/%7B30f206a4-1037-4975-82bd-7936bd7714e3%7D/fauci-on-remdesivir-for-covid-19-this-will-be-the-standard-of-care



Gilead Sciences, Inc. /ˈɡɪliəd/, is an American biopharmaceutical company that researches, develops and commercializes drugs. The company focuses primarily on antiviral drugs used in the treatment of HIVhepatitis Bhepatitis C, and influenza, including Harvoni and Sovaldi.

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