Video: 'Watershed moment’ - Lead doctor, UNC researcher speaks about antiviral drug Remdesivir

Posted May 19, 2020
Atrium Health will be one of the first health care systems in the region and the first in Charlotte to offer critically ill patients with COVID-19 a much-anticipated treatment option -- Remdesivir. "Well, I think Remdesivir is a watershed moment,” said Dr. Ralph Baric, the man behind Remdesivir. (WSOC)

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