Remdesivir, under the brand name Veklury, is administered in a hospital setting via an IV. The majority of patients treated with remdesivir receive a five-day course using six vials of the drug. It was one of the drugs used to treat President Donald Trump, who tested positive for the virus last month. 22, the Food and Drug Administration formally approved the drug for adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older who require hospitalization for coronavirus. It is now the first and only drug approved in the U.S. to treat the coronavirus, which has infected roughly 56.4 million people worldwide and killed about1.4 million.

Source: The Standard November 20, 2020 00:00 UTC