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Gilead’s $2,340 price for coronavirus drug draws criticism

Gilead’s $2,340 price for coronavirus drug draws criticism

By /June 29, 2020 /Local News

FOSTER CITY, Calif. (AP)-The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and other developed countries. Gilead Sciences announced the price Monday for […]

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University of Utah Doctors Are Treating COVID-19 Patients In Remdesivir Trial

University of Utah Doctors Are Treating COVID-19 Patients In Remdesivir Trial

By /May 1, 2020 /Local News

SALT LAKE CITY-Doctors at the University of Utah are presently treating COVID-19 patients in remdesivir trials in hopes that recovery time can be shortened. Doctors at the UofU are giving it to approximately 10 patients to see how well it works. Currently, this drug is only being administered intravenously to […]

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