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BUZZ-Gilead's remdesivir could be approved for COVID-19 very soon - Piper Sandler
23:09 (18/03) - Bron: Reuters
** Shares of drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc closed
up ~7% at $79.4, outdoing the 5.2% fall in S&P 500 index
** Brokerage Piper Sandler says GILD's coronavirus treatment
candidate, remdesivir, could be approved very soon
** Cites encouraging results from studies evaluating
anti-flu drug favipiravir, a branded version of which is
manufactured by a unit of Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp
** Favipiravir has been effective in helping coronavirus
patients recover, an official at China's Science and Technology
Ministry said on Tuesday
** GILD last month announced two late-stage studies to test
remdesivir in patients with severe and moderate cases of illness
caused by the coronavirus
** Both favipiravir and remdesivir have very similar
mechanisms; however remdesivir appears to be much more potent,
safer - Piper Sandler** Brokerage says remdesivir, if successful, could be
approved for broad use in the coming months as the bar for
efficacy during the ongoing global pandemic is low
** GILD's shares up 22.2% YTD