Submitted on Sunday 15th March 2020
Rejected on Friday 20th March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Allow severely afflicted COVID-19 patients to take remdesivir antiviral meds
Allow severely ill COVID-19 patients to elect to be treated with remdesivir and potentially other antiviral medicines that appear to be effective against COVID-19 even though clinical trials are not yet complete. Patients shall have informed consent.
Remdesivir has been administered to terminal COVID-19 patients in the U.S. and Japan. Those patients reportedly made remarkable recoveries. Clinical testing is ongoing, but the time it takes to complete the trials means that the drug is unlikely to be approved in time to stem the current COVID-19 outbreak.
Administering remdesivir and other antiviral drugs to severely ill patients could substantially reduce the number of deaths in Britain from the Coronavirus, if government acts now.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Treatment decisions are a matter for the NHS and not Parliament or Government.
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