Remdesivir FDA approval : Gilead Sciences, a California-based biopharma company, has bagged approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its antiviral drug Veklury (remdesivir) for Covid-19 treatment in patients requiring hospitalization. This makes remdesivir the first approved treatment for coronavirus in the US. Remdesivir FDA approved indication : Veklury has been approved […]
Pfizer has signed a multi-year agreement with Gilead Sciences to manufacture and supply the latter’s investigational antiviral remdesivir for the treatment of Covid-19. Under the deal terms, Pfizer will offer contract manufacturing services at its McPherson, Kansas facility for the manufacture and supply of remdesivir. Earlier this year, Pfizer came out with a five-point plan, […]
Remdesivir EUA status : The US has officially pushed the use of remdesivir for treating the novel coronavirus with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granting emergency use authorization (EUA) to the investigational COVID-19 drug candidate being developed by Gilead Sciences. The EUA lets the antiviral drug candidate to be used for the treatment of […]