Dexamethasone Won’t Become A Cheaper Alternative To Remdesivir

By Ariel Cohen / June 30, 2020 at 2:57 PM

Dexamethasone, an inexpensive generic drug, can’t be substituted for Gilead’s higher-priced remdesivir when treating hospitalized coronavirus patients, doctors and analysts say, because the two drugs treat patients at different stages of COVID-19.


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