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Remdesivir Shows Promising Results In Leaked Report But Doubts Remain

No Comparator Arm One Issue?

 
• By Brian Yang

Gilead’s front-running antiviral to fight the coronavirus has shown rapid improvement in severe patients’ symptoms in one US study but some are not convinced.

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In leaked results from a University of Chicago study, Gilead Sciences Inc.’s antiviral remdesivir showed large improvements in some patients with the most severe form of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2.

Out of an initial 125 patients who received the drug in the trial, one of two Phase III clinical programs...

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