Infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday touted the results of trial examining an experimental drug treatment for the novel coronavirus, calling it 'good news' as he spoke in the Oval Office alongside President Donald Trump. A randomized, international trial of the drug remdesivir
Infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday touted the results of trial examining an experimental drug treatment for the novel coronavirus, calling it"good news" as he spoke in the Oval Office alongside President Donald Trump.
Tune into ABC at 1 p.m. ET and ABC News Live at 4 p.m. ET every weekday for special coverage of the novel coronavirus with the full ABC News team, including the latest news, context and analysis. For those who took the drug, Fauci said, it took less time to recover, averaging 11 days compared to 15 days for those in a control group who received a placebo.
Announcing the results was accelerated because of the ethical obligation to let patients in trial control groups know about this drug"so that they can have access," Fauci said.MORE: Coronavirus updates: 'We're not out of the woods yet,' Cuomo says Remdesivir, which is delivered through an intravenous infusion, was initially developed by Gilead to treat Ebola. Although initially promising, it didn’t prove as effective as other Ebola treatments, so research was halted.
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