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Remdesivir

The European Commission has signed a contract with US pharmaceutical giant Gilead, securing 30,000 doses of the Covid-19 drug remdesivir for EU member states and Britain. Photo: Ulrich Perrey/dpa.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

WHO advises against using remdesivir for Covid-19 patients

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/20/20

The WHO said in a statement that the possibility that remdesivir causes harm could also not be ruled out.

FILED - 07 July 2017, Hamburg: US President Donald Trump (L) and his wife Melania arrive for the concert at the Elbphilharmonie. Trump and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus and will quarantine, he wrote on Twitter early on Friday. Photo: Bernd Von Jutrczenka/dpa.

World

CORONAVIRUS

Trump treated with antiviral drug, 'resting comfortably' in hospital

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/3/20

He walked out of the White House on his own and without assistance, giving a thumbs up as he boarded the Marine One helicopter.

The European Commission has signed a contract with US pharmaceutical giant Gilead, securing 30,000 doses of the Covid-19 drug remdesivir for EU member states and Britain. Photo: Ulrich Perrey/dpa.

Coronavirus

EU buys 30,000 doses of remdesivir to treat severe Covid-19 cases

The Nomad Today 7/29/20

Remdesivir is the first drug that received EU approval for coronavirus treatment.

Packs containing vials of Remdesivir, a broad-spectrum antiviral medication approved as a specific treatment for COVID-19, lie next to an employee of Egyptian pharmaceutical company Eva Pharma at the company's factory, which started producing the drug this week with a production capacity of up to 1.5 million doses per month. The European Commission says it has approved the use of the medication remdesivir to treat severe cases of Covid-19 in the European Union. Photo: Fadel Dawood/dpa

Coronavirus

FIRST MEDICINE

EU approves Covid-19 drug remdesivir

The Nomad Today 7/3/20

Sold under the name Veklury, it is the first medicine to gain such a go-ahead for use in the EU.

Medical staff prepare to perform nucleic acid test at a local community in Beijing, following the detection a new outbreak of Coronavirus (Covid-19). Photo: 65 0 110 0 100 0 114 0 101 0 97 /PPI via ZUMA Wire/dpa

Coronavirus

EU agency recommends drug remdesivir be approved to treat Covid-19

The Nomad Today 6/25/20

The European Commission still has to give approval to the drug, though this is largely a formality.