Remdesivir drug to be available for selected NHS Covid-19 patients
by Nicola Davis from Science | The Guardian on (#53YAP)
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A drug that reduces recovery time from Covid-19 will be made available to a number of NHS patients in probably the biggest step forward in the treatment of coronavirus" since the pandemic began, the UK health secretary has said.
Matt Hancock on Tuesday welcomed the authorisation of the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir, which has been shown to reduce recovery time for patients in hospital with Covid-19 from 15 days to 11 days.
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