Coronavirus Update: Fauci Calls Foster City-Based Gilead’s COVID-19 NIH Test Results ‘Quite Good News’

FOSTER CITY (CBS SF/AP) — Foster City-based Gilead Sciences announced Wednesday that its experimental drug — remdesivir — has proved effective against COVID-19 in a major U.S. government study that put it to a strict test.

Dr. Anthony Fauci called the NIH test results “quite good news” in a morning call with reporters.

The company also said no new safety problems emerged in that study, and that it would publish results in a medical journal soon.