Coronavirus: One in three South Korean Covid-19 patients improve with remdesivir drug

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SEOUL (REUTERS) - One in three South Korean patients seriously ill with Covid-19 showed an improvement in their condition after being given Gilead Sciences's antiviral remdesivir, health authorities said.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SEOUL - One in three South Korean patients seriously ill with Covid-19 showed an improvement in their condition after being given Gilead Sciences's antiviral remdesivir, health authorities said.

Remdesivir has been at the forefront of the global battle against Covid-19 after the intravenously administered medicine helped shorten hospital recovery times in a US clinical trial. In its latest update on the drug, Gilead said on Friday an analysis showed remdesivir helped reduce the risk of death in severely ill Covid-19 patients but cautioned that rigorous clinical trials were needed to confirm the benefit.

Nine of the patients showed an improvement in their condition, 15 showed no change, and three worsened, KCDC deputy director Kwon Jun-wook told a briefing.

 

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