Could a drug already in existence turn out to be the gamechanger countries around the world are searching for to defeat coronavirus? This is what researchers at US drug firm Gilead are currently investigating, spurred by reports of the apparent recovery of an Italian patient who had tested positive for the virus.
On Tuesday evening, reports emerged that a 79-year-old man from Italy’s Liguria region represented “the first real case of coronavirus cured” and that the man would soon be discharged from hospital. The man was treated with a drug called remdesivir, a broad-spectrum antiviral that was originally developed by Gilead around a decade ago and was first used to treat Ebola, with disappointing results.
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