Impact of Implementing More Restrictive Remdesivir Criteria Across a Multi-Hospital Health System
et al., Am. J. Health-Syst. Pharm., doi:10.1093/ajhp/zxaf258, Mar 2026
Retrospective 2,249 hospitalized COVID-19 patients showing lower mortality after restricting remdesivir use. Mortality reduced from 7.6% to 5.6% (p = 0.12) after restriction. No baseline details are provided and results are subject to confounding by time, however both periods were post-pandemic with comparable risk.
Gérard, Zhou, Wu, Kamo, Choi, Kim show increased risk of acute kidney injury, Leo, Briciu, Muntean, Petrov show increased risk of liver injury, and Negru, Cheng, Mohammed, Kwok show increased risk of cardiac disorders with remdesivir.
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Nicholson et al., 6 Mar 2026, retrospective, USA, peer-reviewed, 3 authors.
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