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Biotech / Medical : Gilead Science (GILD) Followers
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From: Wildbiftek4/29/2020 1:59:24 PM
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More on the trial:

cnbc.com

"The results suggested a survival benefit, with a mortality rate of 8% for the group receiving remdesivir versus 11.6% for the placebo group, according to a statement from the National Institutes of Health released later Wednesday."

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“This will be the standard of care,” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, added. “When you know a drug works, you have to let people in the placebo group know so they can take it.”

It sounds like they may have allowed patients to cross over to the experimental arm. However, it's likely blocking the virus isn't sufficient in some patients and immune dysregulation is causing a lot of mortality.
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