How to Use remdesivir in a Sentence

remdesivir

noun
  • Now comes a new study that offers the prospect of home treatment via inhaled remdesivir.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Trump is scheduled to receive his fifth and final dose of remdesivir Tuesday.
    — NBC News, 5 Oct. 2020
  • As polymerase inhibitors, remdesivir and favipiravir are the same class of drug, Abbas said.
    — Naomi Xu Elegant, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2020
  • At this point, it was decided to treat the patient intravenously with a ten day course of remdesivir.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • People with the means to do so are shelling out on the black market as much as 10 times the cost of a single vial of remdesivir.
    — Vikas Dandekar, STAT, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Still, many hospitals will face challenges in ramping up remdesivir treatments.
    — Matthew Perrone, Dallas News, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Early in the course of infection, that trigger is the virus itself, so doctors reach for antivirals such as remdesivir.
    — Amber Dance Knowable Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Croft was given remdesivir and transferred to Johns Hopkins, where he was put on a ventilator.
    — Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2020
  • Unlike remdesivir, which is delivered by IV, molnupiravir can be taken in pill form.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Oct. 2021
  • He is given dexamethasone, a steroid used to reduce inflammation, and a second dose of remdesivir.
    — USA Today, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The man needed remdesivir, Deshpande said, but the hospital didn’t have the medication and his friend had to procure it on his own.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2021
  • The drug remdesivir—in a trial partially supported by a pharma company—showed some success.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Although those results seem somewhat promising, other studies produced mixed results for remdesivir.
    — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 23 Oct. 2020
  • However, Gilead Sciences, which makes remdesivir, has begun to study the effect of an inhaled version of the drug.
    — NBC News, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Sharma told the Chronicle that the hospital system would likely replace the treatment with a three-day course of remdesivir.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Those in the hospital with more severe cases have a few other options such as the antiviral medication remdesivir.
    — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Olszyk couldn’t speak to how much remdesivir could cost a Carroll Hospital patient, as insurance policies vary.
    — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Gilead launched its study of remdesivir in people not yet hospitalized in September 2020.
    — Joseph Walker, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2021
  • But the promise of the oral drugs — combined with the hurdles of committing space, resources, and nurses to providing outpatient remdesivir — led some to give up those plans.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Relatives of the sick have taken to social media with pleas seeking not only portable oxygen tanks, but also hospital beds and medicines such as remdesivir.
    — Andrew Jacobs and Chris Cameron New York Times, Star Tribune, 2 May 2021
  • Gulick said people who have received intravenous remdesivir thus far have not seen their symptoms rebound in the days or weeks following the treatment the way people have with Paxlovid.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The president has received multiple doses of the antiviral drug remdesivir while at Walter Reed.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Gilead makes remdesivir, an antiviral developed to treat hepatitis C that was also tested for use against infectious diseases.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 11 Aug. 2021
  • In fact, Carroll Hospital reports that about half of those hospitalized for the disease there have taken remdesivir to treat their symptoms.
    — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Thousands are taking to social media for help in a bid to secure a vacant hospital bed, a supply of oxygen or the antiviral medication remdesivir.
    — NBC News, 29 Apr. 2021
  • While doctors and hospitals are not obliged to follow the WHO's advice, the recommendation could curb the use of remdesivir.
    — NBC News, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The other two trials the FDA considered were conducted by Gilead, the company that makes remdesivir.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2020
  • The Surin family, from the city of Lucknow, recently paid more than $1,400 to a middleman for six doses of remdesivir.
    — New York Times, 16 May 2021
  • The next step, Gottlieb said, is for the Food and Drug Administration to expand its authorization of remdesivir.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The biggest thing going for the drug is that it can be taken orally, unlike treatments that include like remdesivir and tocilizumab, which need to be administered intravenously and in a hospital setting.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 1 Oct. 2021

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