Coronavirus Update: No Mortality Gains From Remdesivir In WHO Trial, Gilead Questions Results

Trial Involved 11,000 Patients

Plus Sanofi and Translate Bio release preclinical data from their COVID-19 vaccine candidate, another entrant to the now crowded mRNA vaccine field.  

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The SOLIDARITY trial results have been praised by academic researcher leaders, but questioned by Gilead.

A large-scale open-label trial of re-purposed drug treatments for COVID-19 involving over 11,000 patients has found none of them – including Gilead’s remdesivir – helped improve patients’ chances of survival.

The World Health Organization’s SOLIDARITY trial was conducted in 405 hospitals in 30 countries and examined the effects of remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir,

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