Have we found the panacea to COVID-19 with remdesivir, an old but newly packaged drug?

J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2020 Jun;50(2):159-161. doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2020.217.
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Keywords: mortality; COVID-19,; SARS-CoV-2; mechanical ventilation; remdesivir.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Monophosphate / analogs & derivatives*
  • Adenosine Monophosphate / therapeutic use
  • Alanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Alanine / therapeutic use
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Compassionate Use Trials
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications
  • Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications
  • Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • remdesivir
  • Adenosine Monophosphate
  • Alanine