New York — The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Gilead Sciences's antiviral drug remdesivir for treating patients with Covid-19 in hospital, making it the first and only drug approved for the disease in the US.

Remdesivir, given intravenously, was one of the drugs used to treat US President Donald Trump during his bout with Covid-19...

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