This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 62%. (I'm a bot)A World Health Organization panel advised doctors Thursday against using Gilead Sciences' antiviral drug remdesivir as a treatment for patients hospitalized with Covid-19, saying there is currently "No evidence" that it improves survival or shortens recovery time - standing in stark contrast to U.S. regulatory guidance on the drug.The WHO Guideline Development Group, a panel of international experts who provide advice to the agency, said its recommendation is based on new data comparing the effects of several drug treatments, including data from four international randomized trials involving more than 7,000 patients hospitalized with the disease."After thoroughly reviewing this evidence, the WHO GDG expert panel, which includes experts from around the world including four patients who have had covid-19, concluded that remdesivir has no meaningful effect on mortality or on other important outcomes for patients, such as the need for mechanical ventilation or time to clinical improvement," the group wrote in a press release.The majority of patients treated with remdesivir receive a five-day course using six vials of the drug.The drug received worldwide attention as a potentially effective treatment for the coronavirus earlier in the year after a study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that it modestly reduced the recovery time in some patients who were hospitalized with Covid-19.On Oct. 22, the Food and Drug Administration formally approved the drug for adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older who require hospitalization for Covid-19.Summary Source | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: drug#1 patients#2 remdesivir#3 Covid-19#4 Gilead#5Post found in /r/politics, /r/worldnews, /r/Coronavirus, /r/news, /r/AutoNewspaper and /r/NBCauto.NOTICE: This thread is for discussing the submission topic. Please do not discuss the concept of the autotldr bot here. via /r/autotldr https://ift.tt/35R49jb
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