Washington: US has allowed the use of antiviral drug Remdesivir for corona infected patients in their country. Now this medicine can be given to corona infected patients admitted in the hospital. Drugmaker company Gilead Sciences has said that regulators have allowed the use of the experimental antiviral drug Remdesivir for all patients hospitalized due to the corona epidemic.

Earlier, the US Food and Drug Administration allowed the use of this drug in emergency condition. Till now it was being given only to patients suffering from severe coronavirus. On August 10, Gilead, a California company, applied for formal approval of Remedisvir. It will now be sold under the brand name Vecleri. Gilead said in a statement that it is an extension of the facility of emergency use.

He said that this decision has been taken in view of the results of the recent federal study on hospitalized patients. The Gilead study found that among patients hospitalized due to the corona virus, five-day treatment after remedisavir use was 65% more likely to improve.

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