• US buys almost the ENTIRE world stock of remdesivir

    US buys almost the ENTIRE world stock of remdesivir

    The US has bought almost the entire global supply of one of only two drugs proven to be effective against coronavirus.         Remdesivir, which has previously been initially developed as a failed Ebola treatment but has now been found to speeds up recovery times among Covid-19 patients, is exclusively manufactured by American pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences. …