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Virus drug benefit only marginal: study – Tenterfield Star
Moderately ill COVID-19 patients had their condition improve after a 5-day course of Gilead Sciences Inc’s remdesivir but the drug did not significantly short…

Moderately ill COVID-19 patients had their condition improve after a 5-day course of Gilead Sciences Inc’s remdesivir but the drug did not significantly shorten hospital stays and a 10-day course did not show a benefit, according to new data.
The drug, which was shown in a trial of severely ill COVID-19 patients to shorten their hospital recovery time, has been at the forefront of the battle against the pandemic.
The 600-patient analysis, published on Friday by the Journal of the American Medi…
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