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Coronavirus Update: Will Dexamethasone Breakthrough Make Remdesivir Irrelevant?

Plus AZ's Vaccine May Only Protect For One Year

 
• By Scrip Team

The RECOVERY trial has produced clear results for the cheap steroid treatment dexamethasone. What does it mean for Gilead's antiviral remdesivir?  

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The University of Oxford, which is leading the multi-arm RECOVERY trial

A large trial of dexamethasone has shown the low-cost steroid can cut deaths in patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19 by up to a third, making it the first drug to show any lifesaving benefits for these patients.

The data are in contrast with disappointing results from multiple trials of repurposed antimalarial hydroxychloroquine, and even Gilead Sciences...

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