Remdesivir coronavirus treatment

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Under Political Pressure, FDA expands use of COVID-19 treatments without research to back it up

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Friday allowed the drug remdesivir to be used on all patients hospitalized with COVID-19, although no published research supports such widespread use. The move, which comes less than a week after the agency approved use of convalescent plasma – also with no published scientific support – has fueled concerns the agency is yielding to political pressure. "It seems to be a pattern of approval without […]

todaySeptember 1, 2020

Health & Wellness

The Latest on Remdesivir as a Coronavirus Treatment

Could an antiviral drug originally developed to fight Ebola turn out to be an effective therapy in the fight against coronavirus?  Two days after the release of promising clinical trials data on remdesivir, the US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use of the drug for the treatment of adults and children who are hospitalized with severe COVID-19.   The speedy authorization gives doctors an option for helping patients who have […]

todayJuly 14, 2020

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