{"id":1629,"date":"2020-10-23T14:04:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T14:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2020-10-23T14:05:01","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T14:05:01","slug":"fda-approves-remdesivir-as-first-drug-to-treat-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/?p=1629","title":{"rendered":"FDA approves remdesivir as first drug to treat COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday<\/a> that it had approved remdesivir as the first drug approved for use in treating COVID-19 patients.\u00a0 Also known by the brand name Veklury, the FDA authorized the anti-viral drug \u201cfor use in adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older and weighing at least 40 kilograms (about 88 pounds) for the treatment of COVID-19 requiring hospitalization.\u201d\u00a0 The approval order modifies an earlier FDA emergency use authorization (EUA), issued on May 1, that authorized remdesivir for the general population.\u00a0 Remdesivir can still be used for pediatric patients under that EUA as clinical trials continue regarding the drug\u2019s effectiveness and safety among pediatric patients.\u00a0

The FDA\u2018s remdesivir approval comes as eleven COVID-19 vaccines are currently in large-scale phase 3 clinical trials, according to The New York Times<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 Several experts have cautiously estimated that one or more COVID-19 vaccinations could be ready for FDA approval before the end of the year.\u00a0 Dr. Moncef Slaoui, chief advisor for the White House\u2019s Operation Warp Speed COVID-19 vaccination effort, told ABC News<\/a> Wednesday that he feels \u201cpretty confident\u201d most Americans can be vaccinated by June 2021.\u00a0

As of Thursday morning, there were over 8.4 million reported COVID-19 infections in the U.S. and more than 222,000 deaths, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University<\/a>.\u00a0 This remains more cases and deaths than in any other country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it had approved remdesivir as the first drug approved for use in treating COVID-19 patients.\u00a0 Also known by the brand name Veklury, the FDA authorized the anti-viral drug \u201cfor use in adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older and weighing at least 40 kilograms […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dont-miss-this"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Blank-1000-x-50010.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1632,"href":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1629\/revisions\/1632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtibfm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}