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Notwithstanding its effectiveness... I'm not sure if this could quickly be produced on a large scale. For those versed in organic chemistry: looks pretty compl
by isoprophlex 7y ago
Notwithstanding its effectiveness... I'm not sure if this could quickly be produced on a large scale.
For those versed in organic chemistry: looks pretty complicated. Maybe someone with industry experience can guess how difficult this is to productionize on a global scale?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Synthesis_of_Remdesivir.png https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Synthesis_of_Remdesivir...
- luizfzs 7y agoYeah, from this article, it's pretty complicated and with very low yield https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/03/26/problem-remdesivir-making-it-14665 https://www.acsh.org/news/2020/03/26/problem-remdesivir-maki...
- jbritton 7y agohttps://www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/covid-19/working-to-supply-remdesivir-for-covid-19 https://www.gilead.com/purpose/advancing-global-health/covid...
- akiselev 7y agoAbout a month ago Gilead said they have 1.5 million doses ready to distribute or in the last stages of production but that's only enough for ~360k courses (a course is a enough to treat one person). They said they hoped to have produced a total 1 million courses by the end of the year [1], so yeah it's not enough. [1] https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/gilead-to-donate-1-5m-doses-covid-19-hopeful-remdesivir-as-manufacturing-skyrockets https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/gilead-to-donate-...