Antiviral Remdesivir!

[Mumlove5]

Very positive results and already in mass production!

www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-29/gilead-remdesivir-trial-for-covid-19-has-met-primary-endpoint

www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-treatment-gilead-says-positive-data-remdesivir-from-niaid-study-2020-4

www.ft.com/content/1625275b-9981-49f4-b788-661f8243890d

All your links have been to the company which develops the drug, so obvious vested interest there.

Again: Why are you ignoring the fact that the Chinese test had poor results?

It’s had poor results. They’ve stopped the trials early particularly in the US because it doesn’t work for severely ill patients and has bad side effects causing death in some cases.

FFS. This is just Gilead trying to pump their share price

OP, you sound like trump. Ignoring the facts makes you look really dumb.

Mumlove5

from www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/covid-19/about-remdesivir

Remdesivir is an investigational nucleotide analog with broad-spectrum antiviral activity – it is not approved anywhere globally for any use.

Remdesivir is an experimental medicine that does not have established safety or efficacy for the treatment of any condition.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-fauci-tout-good-news-remdesivir-drug-trial/story?id=70407208

Fauci tout 'good news' from remdesivir drug trial in treating COVID-19
"What it has proven is that a drug can block this virus," Anthony Fauci said.

I posted a video above from abcnews.

This has great potential for saving lives. “We are in this together”, right?

Just wanted to share good news.

It's an unapproved drug with no proven safety protocols. As far as good news goes it's as good as all the myriad of other drugs in a similar position - we're still months and months off an effective treatment.

All you've done is link to the manufacturers and to American news channels. Any chance of a link to any scientific studies?

I'm not one of the MN doom and gloom merchants by any means, but saying something is 'good news' doesn't make it so.

If Dr Fauci is saying it’s good news then that sounds quite promising.

In the news here this evening
www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52478783

The trial was run by the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and 1,063 people took part. Some patients were given the drug while others received a placebo (dummy) treatment.

Dr Anthony Fauci who runs the NIAID said: "The data shows remdesivir has a clear-cut, significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery."

He said the results prove "a drug can block this virus" and were "opening the door to the fact that we now have the capability of treating" patients.
The impact on deaths is not as clear cut. The mortality rate was 8% in people given remdesivir and 11.6% in those given a placebo, but this result was not statistically significant, meaning scientists cannot tell if the difference is real."

Mind you the BBC has been a bit iffy with their reporting recently so I am taking it all with a pinch of salt. Good to have a bot of hope something might help it though. I understand they are also looking at some immune drugs also for arthritis

Doom merchants out in force. Surprise

I trust Dr Fauci more than I do the MN scientists. Hopefully good news OP although no point getting excited just yet I guess

Even taking the results at face value its hardly a game changer. Every little helps though.

Mum love, "blood thinners" not a new thing for critically ill patients, or even most hospital patients in UK, very much doubt it's "new standard of care" in U S either. Been established practice for many years..

Haven't read the studies so not commenting on that but Gilead is the same as your GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Roche etc. Major Pharma company.

Being discussed on Sky News right now. Saying it might get emergency authorisation in America today.