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Coronavirus Medicine

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(Source News Straits Times)

 One in three South Korean Covid-19 patients improve with remdesivir drug.
One in three South Korean patients seriously ill with Covid-19 showed improvement after being given Gilead Sciences antiviral medication, health authorities said.

More research is needed to determine if the increase is due to medications or other factors such as patient immunity and other therapies, they said. Remdesivir has been at the forefront of the global battle against Covid-19 after intravenously the administered medication helped shorten hospital recovery time in U.S. clinical trials.

Several countries including South Korea have added the drug to the list of treatments for diseases caused by the novel coronavirus. No vaccine has been approved for him. In a recent update on the drug, Gilead said last Friday (July 10) that analysis showed remdesivir helped reduce the risk of death in critically ill Covid-19 patients, but reminded that rigorous clinical trials are needed to confirm its benefits.

The Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported last Saturday the results of the first batch of 27 patients given remdesivir at different hospitals. Nine patients showed improvement in their condition, 15 showed no change, and three worsened, KCDC Deputy Director Kwon Jun-Wook said at the briefing. The results have yet to be compared with the control group and more analysis is needed to conclude the benefits of remdesivir, said Mr. Kwon.

In June, South Korea asked Gilead to supply enough of its medicine to treat more than 5,000 Covid-19 patients in preparation for a possible secondary infection.

South Korea has fought a small but ongoing outbreak of the new coronavirus, with 62 new cases reported on Sunday, bringing the country’s total to 13,479 cases with 289 deaths.




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