The drug formerly known as remdesivir and now being marketed as Veklury is the first FDA-approved coronavirus treatment. It was also among the drugs used to treat President Trump during his recent bout >>
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Major study brings bad news about several of the most promising coronavirus cures
The World Health Organization’s massive Solidarity study of COVID-19 therapies has been finalized, revealing that the promising coronavirus cure remdesivir can’t save lives. The WHO research also showed that none of the other >>
We’re running out of the only coronavirus drug that works
The only effective coronavirus treatment approved for standard care so far will run out at the end of this month, the US government said. Our supply of remdesivir is expected to be depleted >>
New study shows remdesivir works in coronavirus therapy, but it might not be enough
Data from a new coronavirus drug trial shows that a 5-day course of remdesivir therapy is more effective than standard care, and works just as well as a 10-day course. The results only >>
Coronavirus drug remdesivir is going to be hard to find in the US
Earlier this month, the FDA approved the drug remdesivir to treat patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Shipments of remdesivir began going out last week, but only 607,000 of the 1,500,000 vials that drugmaker Gilead >>
Promising coronavirus drug remdesivir arrives in hospitals this week
Clinical studies involving remdesivir as a treatment for the coronavirus has yielded encouraging results. Remdesivir was developed by Gilead as a drug to treat Ebola patients, but the FDA approved it as a >>
This coronavirus drug shows promise treating severe COVID-19 cases
A promising coronavirus drug that’s been in testing around the world for months is showing promise at treating COVID-19 severe cases. Remdesivir is the medicine in question, an anti-viral originally created to treat >>
