By William Petri, The Conversation I am a physician and a scientist at the University of Virginia. I care for patients and conduct research to find better ways to diagnose and treat infectious diseases, including COVID-19. Here I’m sharing what is known about which treatments work, and which don’t, for […]
Remdesivir
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Remdesivir, an antiviral drug produced by the California-based Gilead Sciences biopharmaceutical company, has become the first treatment for COVID-19 to receive the backing of the European Medicines Agency and at the same time the bone of contention between the EU and the US after the latter allegedly bought up the […]
BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The European Commission is negotiating with the US-based Gilead Sciences company, which is producing the Remdesivir antiviral drug used against COVID-19, the possibility of providing the EU with a sufficient number of doses of the drug in light of reports that the US intends to stockpile the […]
Gilead Sciences, maker of the antiviral drug remdesivir, has come up with a price for the COVID-19 treatment that was less than some analysts expected. ULRICH PERREY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ULRICH PERREY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Gilead Sciences, maker of the antiviral drug remdesivir, has come up […]
Health Editor’s Note: Currently the antiviral remdesivir is being given by intravenous infusions to COVID-19 patients and has been shown to shorten the time to recovery. Gilead has been given the go ahead to work on an inhaled version which will be far easier to give to a patient. An […]
A researcher at the German Center for Immunity Therapy holds a bag containing blood plasma from a recovered COVID-19 patient at the University Hospital Erlangen on April 27, 2020 in Erlangen, Germany. This plasma could be used to treat people with COVID-19. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alexander […]
The US government’s supply of the only proven Covid-19 drug runs out at the end of the month By Elizabeth Cohen and Arman Azad/CNN (CNN)The US government’s current supply of remdesivir, the only drug known to work against Covid-19, will run out at the end of the month, Dr. Robert Kadlec, […]
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (pink), isolated from a patient sample, that’s heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (green).NIAID Early results show benefit of remdesivir for COVID-19 NIH Research Matters At a Glance Early results showed that remdesivir benefited hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 who required supplemental oxygen. […]
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (pink) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (green), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. NIAID Peer-reviewed data shows remdesivir for COVID-19 improves time to recovery NIH News Release The investigational […]
Gilead Science’s remdesivir is one of the most highly anticipated drugs being tested against the new coronavirus. The drug showed positive results in a large-scale U.S. government trial, the company said on April 29. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images Gilead Science’s […]
Stoppers are placed on filled vials of the experimental drug remdesivir at a Gilead Sciences factory. Gilead Sciences/AP hide caption toggle caption Gilead Sciences/AP Stoppers are placed on filled vials of the experimental drug remdesivir at a Gilead Sciences factory. Gilead Sciences/AP States are beginning to receive cases of an […]
The First Case of COVID-19 in the US Treated with Remdesivir Was in late January – Two Weeks Later China Was Mass Producing the Drug – The Firm Gilead Sciences and Dr. Fauci Are In the Middle Tap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen. Source link
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19. The virus shown was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Image captured and colorized at NIAID’s Rocky Mountain […]
This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19. The virus shown was isolated from a patient in the U.S. Image captured and colorized at NIAID’s Rocky Mountain […]