Here's how an unapproved drug like remdesivir, used in COVID-19 treatments, is legal, even if it's unapproved by the FDA with unknown results.
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Remdesivir, the first possible scientifically proven treatment for battling COVID-19, will become available for U.S. hospitals in the coming week, says the CEO of the biotech company producing the drug.
Daniel O'Day, CEO and chairman of Gilead Sciences, provided the update Sunday on the CBS News program "Face the Nation." He said that the Foster City, California-headquartered company had donated 1.5 million vials to the U.S. government, enough to treat 150,000 to 200,000 patients.
Federal health officials will outlay the drug "based on things like ICU beds, where the course of the epidemic is in the United States," O'Day said. "They will begin shipping tens of thousands of treatment courses out early this week and be adjusting that as the epidemic shifts and evolves in different cities."
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#remdesivir #justthefaqs
It’s because Remdesivir is manufactured by Bill Gates and the big Pharma. Don’t take the vaccine.
That drug is NOT A VACCINE!
oh, so you’re on drugs today!
@skdkoc Wishful thinking!!
Inotherwords… Hey there, guinea pigs….
You shoul report about HQC instead . It is has been proven to work when the patients aren’t overdosed on it.
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Hang bill gates
They cannot force you no they cant change your meds but they could trick you taking the vaccines or chip they could either take it or die
i may die. you bet i’ll try the drug!
skdkoc Hidroclyroxiquine is fatal gives Heart Arrythmia.
@Nancy Linares maybe Remdesivir then
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Why would they do that. They like to talk about QC being dangerous, not how HQC was made specifically to not have the side affects of QC
Already 10 day since they approved Remdesiver , tell us if it saving anyone lifes since +2000 people are dying everyday in USA.
10 days is not a long enough time. They are still distributing the stuff to hospitals.
Let’s be glad that remdesivir is a milestone for the pandemic
We can hope….
JayKB well it isn’t a cure but it can help recovery time
@Barack Obama That’s what I have heard. But there’s so much false information out. I just pray I never have to need it! I’m staying HOME! That’s the best medication I can think of at this time. Since I pick up just about every side effect any medication can have…
Because we counting the seconds! And probably *Remdesivir* should be used in complex therapy, *with* other drugs like *HQC* (avoid overdose please). Different drugs can attack different virus targets simultaneously.
HQC half life >120 hrs, avoid doctors who ignore or not know pharmacokinetics
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When HQC shows positive data, it is said to be a dangerous drug and not enough data to date and cant be allowed to be used as a ln option in hospitals; but remdesivir preliminary data is already strong enough though for it to be approved for its use in hospitals?.. tells you a lot about how big pharmas control the system – we should investigate if those behind this drug have any link to CV19 pandemic spread
desperate times desperate measures…do I get a gold star?