00:00I'm pleased to announce that Gilead now has an EUA from the FDA for remdesivir and you know what that
00:08is because that's been the hot thing also in the papers and in the media for the last little while.
00:14An important treatment for hospitalized coronavirus patients. I spoke with Dr. Khan and Dr. Fauci. I spoke with Deborah about
00:23it and it's it's really a very promising situation.
00:27We've been doing work with the teams at the FDA NIH and Gilead for spearheading this public private partnership to
00:35make this happen very quickly point. We feel a tremendous responsibility. We're humbled by this being an important first step
00:43for patients for hospitalized patients. We want to make sure nothing gets in the way of these patients getting the
00:48medicine. So we made a decision to donate about 1.5 million vials of remdesivir.
00:53We'll be working with the government to determine how best to distribute that within the United States. We'll be working
01:00very closely to get that.
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