Nigeria using remdesivir to manage COVID-19 patients, says health minister | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

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“We have been using that; we have tried that in Lagos too.” remdesivir Nigeria

Nigeria health minister Osagie Ehanire on Tuesday said Nigeria has started using remdesivir, an anti-retroviral drug, in managing COVID-19 patients.

Remdesivir, produced by Gilead pharmaceutical company, only interferes with the virus’s genome, disrupting its ability to replicate. Gilead in a blog post on its website in April said the drug has not yet licensed or approved anywhere globally and has not yet been demonstrated to be safe or effective for the treatment of COVID-19.

 

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