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Table 2. List of countries approved by Remdesivir as emergency approval
(Special Approval for Emergency) for COVID-19
(2)
(3)
(4)
Approval
Name of the authorities/regulatory
Conflict of Interest
No potential conflict of interest was declared by authors.
24,021,218 cases from 216 countries
Funding
Total 2,519 cases reported in 27
None.
8,096 cases from 17 countries
No of infection
Supplementary Data
Supplementary data related to this article can be found at
countries
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcmed.2020.09.005.
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