Mexico will not necessarily follow the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in approving Gilead Science Inc’s antiviral drug Remdesivir for use in Covid-19 patients, a top Mexican health official said on Friday.
Mexico’s health regulator Cofepris has already twice denied approval for the drug with a “non-favourable”
"We have no mandate from the FDA,"
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