Covid 19. Potential Treatment

[DaRoadrunner]

Drug trial data suggests patients are responding to treatment with Remdesivir

 

https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/16/early-peek-at-data-on-gilead-coronavirus-drug-suggests-patients-are-responding-to-treatment/

[bkk6060]

Yep.

And the stock futures are up almost 700 on the news.

Let's hope this is a therapy that will work.

[Crossy]

Yup, a working treatment is much more likely at this stage than a vaccine.

 

Maybe a cocktail?

 

We shall just have to wait and see.

 

[rbkk]

This is encouraging news.

[UbonThani]

2 hours ago, Crossy said:

Yup, a working treatment is much more likely at this stage than a vaccine.

 

Maybe a cocktail?

 

We shall just have to wait and see.

 

plus zinc

unless tb vaccine shows hope

[Jingthing]

Sounds expensive. If it really works can they make boatloads of it by yesterday? 

[DaRoadrunner]

Just read elsewhere unconfirmed report that China used a generic form of this drug made under licence from Gilead.

[UbonThani]

10 minutes ago, DaRoadrunner said:

Just read elsewhere unconfirmed report that China used a generic form of this drug made under licence from Gilead.

their deaths are low

[ChouDoufu]

26 minutes ago, DaRoadrunner said:

Just read elsewhere unconfirmed report that China used a generic form of this drug made under licence from Gilead.

sorry i can't provide links for this.  google should have it.

 

what i had read is that gilead was providing the drugs for a couple of chinese clinical trials.  those were both suspended this week.

 

a chinese pharma manufacturer in suzhou (brightgene) has developed a generic version and is ready to mass-produce.  they are in negotiations now with gilead, who has had the patent in china since 2016, awaiting approval.

[KhunBENQ]

15 hours ago, ChouDoufu said:

a chinese pharma manufacturer in suzhou (brightgene) has developed a generic version and is ready to mass-produce.  they are in negotiations now with gilead, who has had the patent in china since 2016, awaiting approval.

Brilliant "business model".

1) Spread a  contagious virus.

2) Supply protective masks and clothing.

3) Supply drug for treatment.

4) Supply vaccine.

 

ALL of this (except 1) has to be moved away from China!

Get independent!

I hope the world will learn.