FOSTER CITY, Calif. — Gilead Sciences has made a donation of more than 2,000 vials of its intravenous antiviral therapy, remdesivir, to the Republic of Uganda to support response efforts to the current outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD). This donation, along with the additional supply being readied, continues the company’s long-standing work to address emerging infectious diseases.
“At Gilead, we recognize the urgency and human toll of global health emergencies – and the responsibility to act quickly,” said Dr. Anu Osinusi, vice president, Clinical Development, Virology at Gilead Sciences. “Building on decades of experience responding to serious infectious diseases, our teams are working alongside partners with focus and purpose to support the response to this outbreak.”
Remdesivir is being provided to support the Ugandan Ebola outbreak under both compassionate use and Monitored Emergency Use of Unregistered and Investigational Interventions (MEURI) frameworks for the treatment of BVD. In parallel, Gilead is preparing to support requests from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, World Health Organization (WHO) and other regional and global partners for both remdesivir and obeldesivir, an oral investigational antiviral agent, as part of the broader regional response to Ebola BVD, including the support of several planned clinical trials.
Over the past decade, Gilead has aided responses to multiple filovirus outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa through donation of remdesivir for emergency and compassionate use, as well as for investigational use in clinical trials – reflecting a sustained commitment to rapid response in times of urgent need.
Remdesivir has demonstrated promising preclinical activity across multiple filoviruses but has not been approved for the treatment of filovirus disease in any country. The safety and efficacy of remdesivir for the Bundibugyo strain have not yet been established; ongoing studies are working to generate this evidence.
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