Sign with logo for pharmaceutical company Gilead in the Silicon Valley, Foster City, California, April 11, 2020. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) A biotech company says its experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major U.S.
government study that put it to a strict test. RELATED: CoronavirusNOW.com, FOX launches national hub for COVID-19 news and updates Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir would be the first treatment to pass such a test against the virus, which has killed more than 218,000 people since it emerged late last year.
Having a treatment could have a profound effect on the global pandemic, especially because health officials say any vaccine is likely a year or more away.