How to Use remdesivir in a Sentence
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People with the means to do so are shelling out on the black market as much as 10 times the cost of a single vial of remdesivir.
—Vikas Dandekar, STAT, 28 Apr. 2021
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The duo was selling a couple of doses of remdesivir for Rs1.16 lakh.
—Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 28 Apr. 2021
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Now comes a new study that offers the prospect of home treatment via inhaled remdesivir.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
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As polymerase inhibitors, remdesivir and favipiravir are the same class of drug, Abbas said.
—Naomi Xu Elegant, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2020
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Trump is scheduled to receive his fifth and final dose of remdesivir Tuesday.
—NBC News, 5 Oct. 2020
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At this point, it was decided to treat the patient intravenously with a ten day course of remdesivir.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
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However, Gilead Sciences, which makes remdesivir, has begun to study the effect of an inhaled version of the drug.
—NBC News, 16 Oct. 2020
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The man needed remdesivir, Deshpande said, but the hospital didn’t have the medication and his friend had to procure it on his own.
—BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2021
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The Surin family, from the city of Lucknow, recently paid more than $1,400 to a middleman for six doses of remdesivir.
—New York Times, 16 May 2021
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Croft was given remdesivir and transferred to Johns Hopkins, where he was put on a ventilator.
—Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2020
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While doctors and hospitals are not obliged to follow the WHO's advice, the recommendation could curb the use of remdesivir.
—NBC News, 20 Nov. 2020
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The antiviral remdesivir helps decrease the viral load by keeping the virus from replicating.
—Marion Hart, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
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Early in the course of infection, that trigger is the virus itself, so doctors reach for antivirals such as remdesivir.
—Amber Dance Knowable Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2020
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Sharma told the Chronicle that the hospital system would likely replace the treatment with a three-day course of remdesivir.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2022
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The other two trials the FDA considered were conducted by Gilead, the company that makes remdesivir.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2020
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But the promise of the oral drugs — combined with the hurdles of committing space, resources, and nurses to providing outpatient remdesivir — led some to give up those plans.
—Andrew Joseph, STAT, 9 Jan. 2022
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The next step, Gottlieb said, is for the Food and Drug Administration to expand its authorization of remdesivir.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2021
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A week later, he was admitted to the hospital for a remdesivir infusion to speed his recovery, and he was discharged Feb. 23.
—Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 28 Apr. 2021
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Gulick said people who have received intravenous remdesivir thus far have not seen their symptoms rebound in the days or weeks following the treatment the way people have with Paxlovid.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2022
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Gilead launched its study of remdesivir in people not yet hospitalized in September 2020.
—Joseph Walker, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2021
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Unlike remdesivir, which is delivered by IV, molnupiravir can be taken in pill form.
—Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Oct. 2021
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Since the first case arrived in the U.S. at the start of the year, medical professionals have gone from fumbling in the dark to better understanding which drugs work -- such as steroids and blood thinners, and the antiviral medicine remdesivir.
—Olivia Raimonde, Bloomberg.com, 19 Sep. 2020
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Still, many hospitals will face challenges in ramping up remdesivir treatments.
—Matthew Perrone, Dallas News, 25 Jan. 2022
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In fact, Carroll Hospital reports that about half of those hospitalized for the disease there have taken remdesivir to treat their symptoms.
—Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com, 22 Oct. 2020
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He is given dexamethasone, a steroid used to reduce inflammation, and a second dose of remdesivir.
—USA Today, 5 Oct. 2020
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Olszyk couldn’t speak to how much remdesivir could cost a Carroll Hospital patient, as insurance policies vary.
—Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com, 22 Oct. 2020
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The president has received multiple doses of the antiviral drug remdesivir while at Walter Reed.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2020
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The drug remdesivir—in a trial partially supported by a pharma company—showed some success.
—Adam Rogers, Wired, 8 Sep. 2021
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Those in the hospital with more severe cases have a few other options such as the antiviral medication remdesivir.
—Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 26 Mar. 2021
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Relatives of the sick have taken to social media with pleas seeking not only portable oxygen tanks, but also hospital beds and medicines such as remdesivir.
—Andrew Jacobs and Chris Cameron New York Times, Star Tribune, 2 May 2021
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