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The $96 billion biotech Gilead will start testing a new version of the first effective coronavirus treatment, and it could make remdesivir available to vastly more patients

. While it's not an approval, the authorization allows for more hospitalized patients to receive the drug.Associated Press

And Gilead will also start studying combination therapies where remdesivir is given along with other experimental treatments. This could be particularly helpful given a growing understanding of COVID-19. While the main issue in the earlier stages of the disease is fighting the virus, later on critically ill patients often suffer from a runaway immune response. Their own bodies kick into overdrive and can severely damage their own lungs.

Further trials will narrow in on specific patient groups where COVID-19 may be significantly different. These include testing remdesivir in children, pregnant women, and patients with end-stage renal disease, O'Day wrote.

 

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