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The Ebola drug was already being used to treat patients under an emergency-use authorization issued in May, but the latest FDA action makes it “the first and only approved COVID-19 treatment ...
The authorization comes days after data suggested the experimental drug can help patients recover faster. FDA authorizes emergency use of coronavirus drug remdesivir Skip to main content
On 22 October 2020, the FDA approved remdesivir and also revised the EUA to permit the use of remdesivir for treatment of suspected or laboratory confirmed COVID‑19 in hospitalized children weighing 3.5 kilograms (7.7 lb) to less than 40 kilograms (88 lb) or hospitalized children less than twelve years of age weighing at least 3.5 kilograms ...
As of February 2021, in the United States, only remdesivir had FDA approval for certain COVID-19 patients, [67] and while early research had suggested a benefit in preventing death and shortening illness duration, this was not borne out by subsequent trials. [68] [needs update]
The Food and Drug Administration will authorize the emergency use of the antiviral remdesivir on COVID-19 patients as soon as Wednesday, a senior administration official told The New York Times.
Although not statistically significant, among these vaccinated participants, there was a reduction in the risk of COVID‑19 related hospitalization or death from any cause. [14] In December 2021, nirmatrelvir/ritonavir was granted emergency use authorization by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of COVID ...
National regulatory authorities have granted full or emergency use authorizations for 40 COVID-19 vaccines.. Ten vaccines have been approved for emergency or full use by at least one stringent regulatory authority recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO): Pfizer–BioNTech, Oxford–AstraZeneca, Sinopharm BIBP, Moderna, Janssen, CoronaVac, Covaxin, Novavax, Convidecia, and Sanofi ...
Earlier this month, the health regulator approved updated COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna targeting the KP.2 variant. JN.1 was the dominant strain in the United States earlier this year.