Inside the Rise and Fall of a Coronavirus Wonder Drug

Prince Harry Follows Meghan's Lead and Heads to Television View in your browser | Update your preferences A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks April 28, 2020 Inside the Rise and Partial Fall of a COVID-19 Wonder Drug Stock A promising report about Gilead's remdesivir moved the whole market, generating massive profits that raised calls for an SEC review. Later reports painted a much less positive picture. READ MORE » The Sly Class Politics of HBO's Bad Education Cory Finley's take on an infamous Long Island school embezzlement scandal, which stars Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney, has more on its mind than it first appears. READ MORE » The Best Social Distancing Cast Reunions Stars from beloved film and television favorites are reuniting while stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic—and thanks to Zoom, we're all invited. READ MORE » A Thoroughly Modern Queer Romance Director Alice Wu opens up about her new Netflix film, The Half of It, a Cyrano-esque tale in which a gay high schooler helps an earnest jock win over the girl they've both fallen for. READ MORE » Even Stephen King Can't Escape the Quarantine Blues "I feel like Jack Torrance, for God's sakes," says the locked-down author, whose new story collection is If It Bleeds. Also, he fears we've "cross-pollinated" the corrupt politician in The Dead Zone with the plague saga of The Stand. READ MORE » From the Archive: Deadly Medicine Prescription drugs for allergies, arthritis, diabetes, and other ailments kill some 200,000 Americans every year. Will that number go up, now that most clinical trials are conducted overseas—on sick Russians, homeless Poles, and slum-dwelling Chinese—in places where regulation is virtually nonexistent, the FDA doesn't reach, and "mistakes" can end up in pauper's graves? Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele investigated the globalization of the pharmaceutical industry, and the U.S. government's failure to rein in a lethal profit machine. READ MORE » This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.