The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, on Friday authorized the use of anti-viral drug remdesivir to treat the new coronavirus. | AFP
BRUSSELS — The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, on Friday authorized the use of anti-viral drug remdesivir to treat the new coronavirus.
This file photograph taken on April 8, 2020, shows a vial of the drug “remdesivir” during a press conference concerning the start of a study with the Ebola drug to treat severely ill patients afflicted with coronavirus COVID-19, at The University Hospital Eppendorf in Hamburg, northern Germany, amidst the global pandemic. The European Medicines Agency said June 25, 2020, that it has recommended authorizing the use of anti-viral drug remdesivir to treat the new coronavirus.
“Today’s authorization of a first medicine to treat COVID-19 is an important step forward in the fight against this virus,” EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said in a statement.“We are granting this authorization less than a month after the application was submitted, showing clearly the EU’s determination to respond quickly whenever new treatments become available,” she said.
At least two major US studies have shown that remdesivir can reduce the duration of hospital stays for COVID-19 patients.
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