🚨BREAKING: Good news! Study of #remdesivir in 397 severe #COVID19 patients: >50% improved & were discharged from hospital within 2 weeks.
#Remdesivir reportedly was effective in an @NIH randomized study vs placebo (results soon)🤞🏼
cnbc.com/2020/04/29/gil…
reuters.com/article/us-hea…
#Remdesivir reportedly was effective in an @NIH randomized study vs placebo (results soon)🤞🏼
cnbc.com/2020/04/29/gil…
reuters.com/article/us-hea…
Current study had 2 groups of patients hospitalized with severe #COVID19:
▶️1 group got #remdesivir for 5 days; the other for 10 days
▶️>50% in both groups discharged from hospital within 14 days
▶️64.5% in the 5-days group were discharged vs 53.8% of in the 10-days group
▶️1 group got #remdesivir for 5 days; the other for 10 days
▶️>50% in both groups discharged from hospital within 14 days
▶️64.5% in the 5-days group were discharged vs 53.8% of in the 10-days group
#Remdesivir reportedly was effective in a different (@NIH) study that randomly assigned 400 hospitalized #COVID19 patients to take #remdesivir or placebo. Primary outcome is recovery by 29 days.
Results soon to be released from this more definitive study.
marketwatch.com/story/gilead-s…
Results soon to be released from this more definitive study.
marketwatch.com/story/gilead-s…
Bottom line: #remdesivir likely effective for severe #COVID19, but more likely to work when patients are treated EARLY in their infection, rather than after they're in the ICU.
While this isn't the be-all-end-all, it's important progress!🙏🏼
#coronavirus
While this isn't the be-all-end-all, it's important progress!🙏🏼
#coronavirus
