How effective is the new drug Remedisivir on corona virus?

Here's a little detail...

[quote] Remdesivir doesn’t cure coronavirus. But the experimental drug, which may speed up recovery from a COVID-19 infection, is currently the best treatment we have against a virus that’s on a global rampage.

Late last week, the FDA authorized emergency use of the antiviral drug. The move came on the heels of preliminary results from a clinical trial that found patients treated with remdesivir had a 31 percent faster recovery than those who received a placebo. Average recovery was shortened to 11 days from 15 days, and the drug also slightly decreased the likelihood of dying from COVID-19.

“Although a 31 percent improvement doesn’t seem like a knockout 100 percent, it is a very important proof of concept because what it has proven is that a drug can block this virus,” Anthony Fauci told reporters at a White House meeting announcing the findings. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, also likened the finding to discovering the first modestly effective antiviral treatment for HIV decades ago.[/quote]

From Discover magazine

It's said to have worked in trial(s).

Severely ill patients recovering, going home.

It's tentative good news.

Well it costs around $3,200 for a course of treatment and so far is not considered any more effective than deximethasone that costs $7 for a course of treatment from what I hear

It's not new and it's not a cure for covid,it helps serious cases to breathe, nothing more.
yes used appropriately it does save lives.

I've heard about US using it. Not being used in my country. I think it's expensive
..but my sister said research articles that she read about it showed hopeful results.
But like... How does it work tho can someone educate me please

$3,120 per patient. Good luck getting it, especially considering the U.S. has allocated all the available stocks for the next three months.

This is the first I've heard of it. I'd like to say it works but I don't know yet. I don't want to give people false hopes.

So the Pooh poohed HCQ. To push the much more expensive big pharmaceutical version?

🤔

Yes. SW is full of experts that definitely won't get this one wrong