Is There a Cure for the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus?
There have been over 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, and more than 3,400 people have died from the disease, according to data tracked by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering. Unfortunately, there is no cure for the disease yet, but multiple drugmakers are working on treatments that might help fight off the coronavirus or prevent infections altogether.
Because it takes awhile to discover and develop new drugs, most treatments being tested against COVID-19 right now were designed to treat other viral infections. Pharmaceuticals hope they can be effectively repurposed to combat this one.
Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) has started two clinical trials testing remdesivir, which had only limited success as an Ebola treatment, in patients with COVID-19. Both double-blind trials will test 5- and 10-day treatment regimens, but one will enroll patients with moderate cases, while the other will enroll those with severe manifestations.
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