01:58 am – Wednesday 18 March 2020
Zhang Xinmin, director of the Chinese National Center for Biotechnology Development under the Ministry of Science and Technology, said that “faviravir” – the flu drug – which was approved for clinical use in Japan in 2014, showed no clear negative reactions in the clinical trial, but rather made its recipient Less responsive to HIV chances.
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More than 80 patients participated in the clinical trial at the Third People’s Hospital in Shenzhen, south Chinas Guangdong Province, including 35 patients who took faviravir and 45 patients in a control group.
The results showed that patients receiving faviravir treatment became passive to the virus in a shorter time compared to patients in the control group, Xinhua reported.
A randomized, multicenter clinical study conducted by Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University revealed that the therapeutic effect of Favipiravir was much better than that of the control group.
Zhang said: The faviravir should be included in the diagnosis and treatment plan for COVID-19 as soon as possible.
Zhang added that the Chinese Medical Products Administration had agreed to a Chinese pharmaceutical company to mass-produce the drug and ensure stable supply.
