Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A discussion of what remdesivir is, how it works against COVID (coronavirus/SARS-CoV-2), and what are the major takeaways from 3 relevant clinical trials (including the NIH's ACTT trial).
Gilead Press Release: gilead.com/news-and-press/press-room/press-releases/2020/4/gilead-announces-results-from-phase-3-trial-of-investigational-antiviral-remdesivir-in-patients-with-severe-covid-19
NIH Press Release: nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-clinical-trial-shows-remdesivir-accelerates-recovery-advanced-covid-19
Chinese remdesivir trial in Lancet: thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31022-9/fulltext
Many thanks to Strong Medicine's Patreon supporters!
5/22 EDIT: The first actual data from the ACTT trial is out in NEJM today: nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007764
5/29 EDIT: I'm sorry that I needed to turn off the comments. I'm done with continually removing the barrage of messages that have been promoting pseudoscientific nonsense, or which are outright insulting and profane. If you think I'm just a shill for the pharmaceutical industry, you obviously haven't watched the damn video.
7/22 EDIT: Views on this video have substantially dropped off (I guess remdesivir is old news now), so I've reactivated comments. I know that this video is mildly critical of a specific thing that Fauci said about remdesivir, but I still think that Fauci is the most knowledgeable and trustworthy person involved in our nation's response to COVID.
A discussion of what remdesivir is, how it works against COVID (coronavirus/SARS-CoV-2), and what are the major takeaways from 3 relevant clinical trials (including the NIH's ACTT trial).
Gilead Press Release: gilead.com/news-and-press/press-room/press-releases/2020/4/gilead-announces-results-from-phase-3-trial-of-investigational-antiviral-remdesivir-in-patients-with-severe-covid-19
NIH Press Release: nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-clinical-trial-shows-remdesivir-accelerates-recovery-advanced-covid-19
Chinese remdesivir trial in Lancet: thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31022-9/fulltext
Many thanks to Strong Medicine's Patreon supporters!
5/22 EDIT: The first actual data from the ACTT trial is out in NEJM today: nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007764
5/29 EDIT: I'm sorry that I needed to turn off the comments. I'm done with continually removing the barrage of messages that have been promoting pseudoscientific nonsense, or which are outright insulting and profane. If you think I'm just a shill for the pharmaceutical industry, you obviously haven't watched the damn video.
7/22 EDIT: Views on this video have substantially dropped off (I guess remdesivir is old news now), so I've reactivated comments. I know that this video is mildly critical of a specific thing that Fauci said about remdesivir, but I still think that Fauci is the most knowledgeable and trustworthy person involved in our nation's response to COVID.
