remdesivir Archives - St. Peter's Health Partners News

Drug Topics: Sorting Out Remdesivir Supplies Amid COVID-19

May 21, 2020 Robert Webster Jr.

Drug Topics magazine, a trade publication for clinical pharmacists, recently interviewed a trio of SPHP pharmacists for an article examining the allocation of supplies of the drug remdesivir.

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WTEN: Local Hospital Testing New Coronavirus Treatment

May 5, 2020 Courtney Weisberg

WTEN News10 interviewed Philip Palmieri, M.D., chief of infectious disease at St. Peter’s Hospital, for its story on clinical trials involving the drug, remdesivir.

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WTEN: St. Peter’s Health Partners Using New Therapies to Treat Coronavirus Patients

April 13, 2020 Courtney Weisberg

WTEN/News10 aired a story on multiple therapies being used to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients at St. Peter’s and Samaritan hospitals.

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WNYT: Plasma, Antiviral Drug Treatments Introduced at St. Peter’s Hospital

April 13, 2020 Courtney Weisberg

Jorge Cerda, M.D., chief of the Department of Medicine at St. Peter’s Hospital, was interviewed by WNYT about new treatments being offered to COVID-19 patients at St. Peter’s and Samaritan hospitals. This includes experimental convalescent plasma, and as well other antiviral and anti-inflammatory drug treatments.

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Times Union: St. Peter’s Seeking Plasma Donations from Recovered COVID-19 Patients

April 10, 2020 Robert Webster Jr.

The Times Union did a story about how SPHP is among the first hospital systems nationwide to receive federal approval for an experimental COVID-19 treatment.

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St. Peter’s Health Partners Battling COVID-19 with Groundbreaking Therapies, Interdisciplinary Care

April 10, 2020 Courtney Weisberg

Multiple groundbreaking therapies to treat the sickest COVID-positive patients in the Capital Region are being employed at St. Peter’s Health Partners’ (SPHP) acute care hospitals in Albany and Troy. They include the antiviral drug remdesivir; IL-6 inhibitor drugs; macrophage inhibitors; and convalescent blood plasma therapy.

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