A five-day remdesivir treatment course costs $ 2,340, drug maker Gilead Sciences said.
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The U.S. Department of Health (HHS) has agreed to buy 500,000 remdesivir treatment courses after clinical studies have shown that the drug can help patients recover from the disease Corona virusmore quickly. A five-day course costs $ 2,340 or $ 3,120 for commercially insured patients, according to the biotech company Gilead Sciences.
Earlier last month, the Food and Drug Administration granted an emergency approval for the use of remdesivir in COVID-19 that “hospitalized” patients with serious illness shortly after the drug had “clearly positive effects” in a US study would have .
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“We want to ensure as much as possible that every American patient who needs remdesivir can get it,” said HHS secretary Alex Azar in a press release.
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