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Gilead’s Veklury wins expanded FDA nod for moderate COVID-19 patients despite mixed data

Amid daily headlines about COVID-19 vaccines and trends, Gilead’s Veklury, also known as remdesivir, remains the only antiviral drug authorized to treat the illness. With a new move from the FDA, the medicine’s emergency green light is a little broader—despite some lingering questions about its efficacy. Under the expanded emergency use authorization (EUA), all hospitalized… Read More »

Landmark Apple Watch AFib study yields mixed results

Dive Brief: Final results from the landmark Apple Heart Study, which studied if a heart-rate pulse sensor can be used to identify atrial fibrillation, were published by Stanford University researchers in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday. The Apple-funded study that began with roughly 419,000 volunteers found a low likelihood of getting an… Read More »