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EU has agreed supply of 20,000 additional doses of Remdesivir

ByReuters | Posted by Shivani Kumar
Oct 07, 2020 05:14 PM IST

A spokesman for the EU executive said Brussels had agreed with Gilead last Friday the supply of nearly 20,300 additional doses for the treatment of about 3,400 patients.

The European Commission said on Wednesday it had agreed with U.S. company Gilead the supply of more than 20,000 additional doses of its Covid-19 drug Remdesivir, in a bid to tackle shortages of the medication in European countries.

A lab technicians holds the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) treatment drug "Remdesivir".(Reuters)
A lab technicians holds the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) treatment drug "Remdesivir".(Reuters)

A spokesman for the EU executive said Brussels had agreed with Gilead last Friday the supply of nearly 20,300 additional doses for the treatment of about 3,400 patients.

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It said it had paid 7 million euros ($8.2 million) for the new supply, which is in addition to 30,000 courses of treatment it had bought at the end of July.

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