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Gilead Files Remdesivir for COVID-19 in Japan
The Japan arm of Gilead Sciences on May 4 filed its investigational antiviral remdesivir for the treatment of COVID-19, setting the stage for its “special approval,” which would make it the country’s first medicine to treat the disease caused by…
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