The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted its full approval of the COVID-19 antiviral treatment Veklury (remdesivir) for infants and young children. The treatment was previously under emergency use authorization for children.
According to the news release, FDA would expand the treatment of Remdesivir to include pediatric patients 28 days of age and older weighing at least 3 kilograms (about 7 pounds) with positive results of direct Covid-19 viral testing, and are either hospitalized or at high-risk of severe illness. Continue reading “FDA Approves First and Only Covid-19 Treatment for Pediatric Patients as Young as 28 Days Old”

