Virus Colds and Flu

xoxoxoBruce · 06-29-2020, 11:39 PM

A company called Gilead has come up with a drug called remdesivir which has shown some effect on covid-19 in trials.
The price for 1st world governments, including the U.S. Indian Health Services and the VA, is $2,340 for a 5-day course.
U.S. insurers, Medicare, and Medicaid, will pay $3,120. 3rd world a lot less through licensed generics.
That’s not too bad for a cure.

But it’s not a cure.
A 10 day treatment reduced the median recovery from 15 to 11 days.
Mortality with remdesivir was 7.1%, compared to 11.9% with a placebo.
The article says that’s not statistically significant??

In the less sick patient trial, remdesivir patients improved more than placebo if given for 5 days, but not when given for 10. What?

https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/29/...rice-covid-19/

06-29-2020, 11:39 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A company called Gilead has come up with a drug called remdesivir which has shown some effect on covid-19 in trials. The price for 1st world governments, including the U.S. Indian Health Services and the VA, is $2,340 for a 5-day course. U.S. insurers, Medicare, and Medicaid, will pay $3,120. 3rd world a lot less through licensed generics. That’s not too bad for a cure. But it’s not a cure. A 10 day treatment reduced the median recovery from 15 to 11 days. Mortality with remdesivir was 7.1%, compared to 11.9% with a placebo. The article says that’s not statistically significant?? In the less sick patient trial, remdesivir patients improved more than placebo if given for 5 days, but not when given for 10. What? https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/29/...rice-covid-19/ __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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