Question follow-through · 54513
Long Covid: Remdesivir
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with the University of Derby on the development of the drug Remdesivir for the treatment of long Covid.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 22 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with the University of Derby on the development of the drug Remdesivir for the treatment of long Covid.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jun 2025
Answer published
We are aware of the University of Derby’s study looking at the use of the drug Remdesivir for the treatment of long COVID, however officials have not discussed the study with the research team. The study is being managed by the University of Plymouth’s Pe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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