Gilead boasts of positive remdesivir data on mortality — but their analysis provokes the skeptics
Gilead is surging again off data that suggest its antiviral remdesivir might improve survival.
The new data come from an analysis Gilead conducted comparing the death rate and recovery time of patients in one of its remdesivir trials to a group of 800 patients “with similar baseline characteristics and disease severity” who received only standard-of-care around the same time. The result, they said, suggested that patients who received remdesivir had a 62% better chance at surviving than those who did not.
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