Government asks Gilead to import Remdesivir for 5,360 people

Kang Giyun, a member of United Future Party, "We need to secure enough treatments for massive domestic infections."

While COVID-19 Pandemic was prolonged, it was found that the government limited the amount of Remdesivir, which was known to be effective in COVID-19 treatment, to 5,360 servings.

 

The Central Disease Control Headquarters requested an emergency import of Remdesivir for 360 people and the pandemic preparation for 5,000 people.

 

Kang Giyun, a member of United Future Party said on the 8th, "As a result of confirming the private internal documents of the KCDC, only requested the import of Remdesibir for 5,360 people." An antiviral drug, Remdesibir, was approved by the US FDA on May 1st for emergency use following the announcement that the recovery period for COVID-19 inpatients has been reduced by 31%.

 

Currently, the United States has announced plans to secure 92% of Gilead's production of Remdesibir by the end of September.

 

It means that countries around the world have jumped into the battle to secure the quantity of Remdesibir, and the competition has become fierce.

 

Provided by Kang Ki-yoon

In this situation, the KCDC asked Gilead Korea on the 3rd of last month to import Remdesibir for 5,360 people.

 

According to data released by Kang Giyun, the KCDC officially sent Gilead a request of Remdesivir for urgent use (for 360 people) and the pandemic (for 5,000 people).

 

Earlier, the KCDC received a portion of the free supply from Gilead in July and supplied Remdesivir to 29 domestic patients as of July 6th.

 

Some of the quantities supplied by the KCDC in July have not been revealed, and the company plans to continue to purchase Remdesivir through price negotiations with the goal of importing 5,360 people from August.

 

A member Kang said that the U.S.

 

government is swearing that all Americans will get treatment whenever they want, and it is not possible to specify when the pandemic will end and when a domestic outbreak will occur.

 

Also he added that it is necessary to properly check whether the amount of 5,360 servings is appropriate in terms of scale and secure sufficient treatment.