How sweet to buy up the drug which is used against Ebola, so there is none for anyone else. Bad luck, DRC, about the Ebola there. Still, they are only in Africa, probably a shit-hole country, so who cares about them eh?
Trump is unspeakable.
As for “We’re in uncharted territory with pricing a new medicine, a novel medicine, in a pandemic,” Gilead’s chief executive, Dan O’Day, said, what he means is "we don't yet know how much we can bleed people for". That it is neither a new drug nor particularly life-saving makes the money-grubbing even more despicable.
And as Wikipedia points out
The most common adverse effects in studies of remdesivir for COVID‑19 include respiratory failure and organ impairment, including low albumin, low potassium, low count of red blood cells, low count of platelets that help with clotting, and yellow discoloration of the skin. Other reported side effects include gastrointestinal distress, elevated transaminase levels in the blood (liver enzymes), and infusion site reactions.
Other possible side effects of remdesivir include:
Infusion‐related reactions. Infusion‐related reactions have been seen during a remdesivir infusion or around the time remdesivir was given. Signs and symptoms of infusion‐related reactions may include: low blood pressure, nausea, vomiting, sweating, and shivering.
Increases in levels of liver enzymes, seen in abnormal liver blood tests. Increases in levels of liver enzymes have been seen in people who have received remdesivir, which may be a sign of inflammation or damage to cells in the liver.
Triffic, innit?