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WHO warns against using antiviral drug, remdesivir to treat Covid-19

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November 21, 2020
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London, Nov. 21, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The World Health Organisation has recommended against using the antiviral drug remdesivir to treat Covid-19, in a blow to US manufacturer Gilead Sciences.

WHO warns against using antiviral drug, remdesivir to treat Covid-19

 In its updated advice, published Friday in the British Medical Journal, the WHO said remdesivir should not be used to treat hospitalised coronavirus patients, no matter how severe their illness may be

The same drug – the only drug – approved for the treatment of Covid-19 by the FDA was today rejected by WHO based on the clinical trial data. Scientists I’ve spoken with say WHO made the right call about remdesivir.
https://t.co/WmomoD93yv

— Dr. Seema Yasmin (@DoctorYasmin) November 20, 2020

READ ALSO: UK ECONOMY HEADING FOR DOUBLE-DIP RECESSION AFTER LOCKDOWN 2

.The move comes a month after Gilead announced that remdesivir, which was developed to combat Ebola, had won coronavirus approval from the US Food and Drug Administration.

While studies on remdesivir’s efficacy initially showed some benefit against Covid-19, the largest study, run by the WHO, contracted those results, showing instead that the drug had little or no impact.

“Remdesivir is now classified as a drug you should not use routinely in Covid-19 patients,” the president of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Jozef Kesecioglu, told Reuters.

However Gilead has not accepted the WHO’s findings, and is instead standing by its drug, which is also known as Veklury.

“We are confident that doctors on the frontlines recognise the clinical benefit of Veklury based on robust evidence from multiple randomised, controlled studies,” the company said in a statement.

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