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Remdesivir fails first trial for coronavirus

Published : 2020-04-24 14:10:00
A potential antiviral drug for the coronavirus has reportedly failed in its first randomised clinical trial.

There had been widespread hope that remdesivir could treat Covid-19.

But a Chinese trial showed that the drug had not been successful, according to draft documents accidentally published by the World Health Organization, reports BBC.