The antiviral medication remdesivir is not the "Total answer" to fighting coronavirus, but it's a "Very important first step," and the Food and Drug Administration is likely to approve its use on an emergency basis quickly, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Thursday.
"It was a placebo-controlled, randomized trial, which I've been talking about for some time now, which is really the gold standard of how you prove something is safe and either works or doesn't work," Fauci said.
The FDA will likely grant emergency use of remdesivir "Really quickly," said Fauci, adding that he spoke with FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn Wednesday and "He's moving along very quickly."
The Trump administration has confirmed a program to get a vaccine out by January, and Fauci said that he does agree that's "Doable."
"We're not in the early phases of a trial phase one," said Fauci.
You, at risk, proactively start making it, assuming it's going to work.
Fauci said he wouldn't say the steps states are making to open make him nervous, so long as they follow the guidelines to gradually open, but he feels "Cautiously optimistic" that will happen.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/fauci-remdesivir-treatment-fda/2020/04/30/id/965365/
"It was a placebo-controlled, randomized trial, which I've been talking about for some time now, which is really the gold standard of how you prove something is safe and either works or doesn't work," Fauci said.
The FDA will likely grant emergency use of remdesivir "Really quickly," said Fauci, adding that he spoke with FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn Wednesday and "He's moving along very quickly."
The Trump administration has confirmed a program to get a vaccine out by January, and Fauci said that he does agree that's "Doable."
"We're not in the early phases of a trial phase one," said Fauci.
You, at risk, proactively start making it, assuming it's going to work.
Fauci said he wouldn't say the steps states are making to open make him nervous, so long as they follow the guidelines to gradually open, but he feels "Cautiously optimistic" that will happen.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/fauci-remdesivir-treatment-fda/2020/04/30/id/965365/
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