Potential drug a ray of hope
It is indeed heartening to learn that six local drug makers are now ready to produce the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir, developed by an American biopharmaceutical company. According to reports, its potential to help Covid-19 patients is based on the ability to disable the mechanism by which certain viruses, including the new coronavirus, replicate themselves and potentially overwhelm their host's immune system.
Even though the drug is yet to prove fully efficient in eradicating Covid-19, it is promising nonetheless. And to know that of the six companies, two are already in the advanced stage of their preparation, is surely a ray of hope in these dark times. I would like to urge the authorities to assist the companies in every possible manner so that the drug can be made available as early as possible for the wellbeing of the nation.
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