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28 May 2020AmericasRory O'Neill

Campaigners say US govt should have remdesivir patent rights

The  PrEP4All campaign has argued that the US government should own joint patent rights for remdesivir, the  Gilead Sciences antiviral which is the only drug approved anywhere for treating COVID-19.

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