A large study led by the World Health Organization suggests the antiviral drug remdesivir did not help hospitalised COVID-19 patients, in contrast to an earlier study that made the medicine a standard of care in the United States and many other countries.
A large study led by the World Health Organization suggests the antiviral drug remdesivir did not help hospitalised COVID-19 patients, in contrast to an earlier study that made the medicine a standard of care in the United States and many other countries.Remdesivir is among the treatments Donald Trump received when he was infected with COVID-19 this month
The results do not negate the previous ones, and the WHO study was not as rigorous as the earlier one led by the US National Institutes of Health. The drug has not been approved for COVID-19 patients in the US, but it was authorised for emergency use after the previous study found it shortened recovery time by five days on average.
The results have not been published in a journal or reviewed by independent scientists, but were posted on a site researchers use to share results quickly.
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