⁍ The FDA approved remdesivir on Thursday, making it the first and only drug approved for the disease in the United States.
⁍ Remdesivir, given intravenously, was one of the drugs used to treat U.S. President Donald Trump during his bout with COVID-19.
⁍ The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity drug trial last week concluded remdesivir has little or no impact on a patient’s chances of surviving.
– The FDA approved the drug remdesivir on Thursday, making it the first and only drug approved for the disease in the US, but Mexico won’t be following suit, Reuters reports. Hugo Lopez-Gatell, Mexico’s deputy health minister, said Friday the country’s health regulator, Cofepris, has already twice denied approval for the drug with a “non-favorable” opinion. “We have no mandate from the FDA,” he said. “Cofepris has identified that the evidence does not suggest a usefulness, a sufficient efficacy.” According to the AP, remdesivir was one of the drugs used to treat President Trump during his battle with HIV.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-remdesivir-mexico/mexico-will-not-follow-fda-in-approving-gileads-covid-19-drug-idUSKBN279035