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U.S. has recognized Ebola remedy, remedyvir as the first official remedy for Corona 19. This was because it was confirmed that the large-scale clinical trials accelerated recovery and lowered the fatality rate, and our coverage showed that the clinical trials included domestic patients.

Cho Dong-chan is a medical journalist.

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U.S. health officials have announced that Ebola remedy Remdesivir will accelerate Corona 19 recovery by 31%.

[Anthony porch / National Institutes of Health infectious disease Institute: It is, if not to kill (corona virus) 100% apdangginda recovery 31% is a very important achievement -

the US National Institutes of Health are 1,063 people with severe patients in nine countries, including the United States This is an intermediate result of a clinical trial conducted on a patient.

Remdecivir lowered the fatality rate of severe patients from 11.6% to 8% by 3.6%, and comprehensive analysis showed that the overall fatality rate could be reduced by 30%.

[Mark Denison / Professor, University of Van der Wilde, USA: (Lemdesibirga) will reduce the fatality rate by 30% and increase the recovery rate even more.]

Among Asian countries that participated in the clinical trial, the number of patients in Korea was the highest, but Seoul National University Hospital And 21 patients from Seoul National University Bundang Hospital.

Oh Myung-don, chairman of the Central Clinical Committee for New Infectious Diseases, said the results are more meaningful because they decided not to simply detect a virus as a recovery as in previous studies, but to set a standard for recovery as possible for everyday life.

He also explained that the effect should be great if administered within 10 days after symptoms appear.

It will be revealed in a follow-up study whether the drug administration period is good for five days or ten days.

In Korea, Remdesivir has not yet been approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and the quantity is only a small amount for clinical trials.

Food and Drug Administration permits can be expedited, but strategies are needed to ensure that sufficient quantities are obtained.

(Video editing: Junhee Kim)