Remdesivir Not Working for Covid-19? Dissecting the WHO Solidarity Trial

[updated 30 Oct] A few researchers have previously doubted remdesivir efficacy against Covid-19; they are more right now.

Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)
Microbial Instincts
6 min readOct 16, 2020

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“World Health Organization Headquarters and Flag” by US Mission Geneva is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0

Gilead Sciences, a biotech company, developed remdesivir in 2017 to treat Ebola. But it did not work and later repurposed for Covid-19…

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Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)
Microbial Instincts

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