The treatment must be given via intravenous infusion over three consecutive days, generally at a hospital or clinic.
Tag: Remdesivir (Drug)
India’s Black Market Preys on Desperate Covid-19 Victims
As the health care system fails, clandestine markets have emerged for drugs, oxygen, hospital beds and funeral services. Fake goods may be putting lives at risk.
Remdesivir Fails to Prevent Covid-19 Deaths in Huge Trial
Critics said the study, sponsored by the W.H.O., was too poorly conducted to be definitive.
Steroids Can Be Lifesaving for Covid-19 Patients, Scientists Report
New data in hand, the W.H.O. recommended that doctors give the drugs to critically ill patients worldwide.
Scientists Report Steroids Can Be Lifesaving for Covid-19 Patients
New data in hand, the W.H.O. recommended that doctors give the drugs to critically ill patients worldwide.
Remdesivir Coronavirus Trial: Federal Scientists Finally Publish Data
A clinical trial led to the authorization of the only drug shown to work in Covid-19 patients. But until now, few experts had seen the numbers.
Moderna Vaccine Trial: How Upbeat Coronavirus News Fueled a Stock Surge
The desperate hunt for treatments and vaccines has changed how researchers, regulators, drug companies like Moderna, investors and journalists do their jobs.
How Remdesivir, New Hope for Covid-19 Patients, Was Resurrected
The drug failed as a treatment for hepatitis and Ebola. With federal funding, scientists trained it on the coronavirus.
Remdesivir Shows Modest Benefits in Coronavirus Trial
Hope soared nonetheless. The F.D.A. is likely to issue an emergency approval, a senior official said.
At the Center of a Storm: The Search for a Proven Coronavirus Treatment
Taking an experimental drug can be worse than taking nothing at all, warns Dr. Andre Kalil: “You are treating emotion.”