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  • Remdesivir Hopes

    Remdesivir Hopes

    • Remdesivir is an experimental antiviral drug made by the company Gilead. Designed to act against the RNA driven RNA polymerase enzyme in RNA viruses, it was initially tested on Ebola.
    • Since coronaviruses are also RNA viruses, Remdesivir is expected to work on them, too.
    • Published in The Lancet: Clinical trial of remdesivir in adults with severe COVID-19
      • Randomized, double-blinded
        • 237 patients
      • Placebo controlled
      • Multi-center
        • 10 hospitals in China
      • Bottom line
        • Any improvement was not statistically significant