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Antiviral drug manufactured by Gilead Science remdesivirThe FDA gave official approval for its use in treating the corona virus.
Therefore, remdesivir became the first drug approved by the FDA for the treatment of the corona virus.
The statement from the company included the phrase “Remdesivir is the first and only approved treatment for corona virus in the US.”
In the statement made by the FDA, it was stated that the drug can be used safely in hospitalized patients with Covid-19.
The drug is approved for patients over 12 years of age and weighing at least 40 kilograms.
The need for hospitalization was stated to be a prerequisite for remdesivir use.
The FDA had given emergency response permission for the drug remdesivir in May.
Originally developed by Gilead, the US pharmaceutical company against Ebola and Hepatitis C, remdesivir, produced by interfering with the virus’s genes, prevents reproduction.
Remdesivir, along with dexamethasone (dexamethasone), leads the drugs with proven effects against the corona virus, for which no vaccine has yet been found.
According to research conducted by the World Health Organization on data from 11 thousand patients in 30 countries, the drug cannot prevent deaths from coronavirus.
