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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Remdesivir: early findings on experimental coronavirus drug offer 'quite good news'

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Preliminary results of US government trial show patients who received drug recovered faster than others

Hopes of an effective drug treatment for coronavirus patients have risen following positive early results from a trial of remdesivir, a drug first tried in Ebola patients.

Data from the trial on more than 1,000 severely ill patients in 75 hospitals around the world show that patients put on the drug recovered 31% faster than similar patients who were given a placebo drug instead. Remdesivir cut recovery time from a median of 15 days to 11.

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2WevqGd

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