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Remdesivir is officially approved in the US as a treatment for the coronavirus

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir as a treatment for coronavirus.

In May, the FDA issued emergency approval for the drug, allowing hospitals and doctors to use the drug in hospitalized patients with the disease. It was one of those used in the treatment of President Donald Trump.

Gilead has announced that the drug will be used in patients with Covid-19 who require hospitalization. Remdesivir is currently the first and only officially approved coronavirus treatment in America.

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Gilead has continuously worked to find a solution to this global health crisis. (…) It’s amazing to find yourself in a situation where less than a year after the earliest reports of the disease now known as Covid-19, we have an FDA-approved treatment agent in the US that is available to all patients in need. said the company’s CEO Daniel O’Day.

Earlier this month, CNN points out, Research coordinated by the World Health Organization found the drug had “little or no effect” on keeping hospitalized patients alive. For some, it slightly reduced recovery time.

Most patients receiving remdesivir go through a five-day course of treatment with six vials of the drug intravenously. The company says it cannot be given in tablet form because the chemical composition would affect the liver. He is also developing a version for inhalation using a nebulizer.

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