FUJIFILM’S AVIGAN SHOWS EFFICACY IN TREATING COVID-19, COMPANY TO SEEK APPROVAL

Highlights –

• Fujifilm’s Avigan shows efficacy in treating COVID-19, company to seek approval.
• Fujifilm Holdings plans to seek regulatory approval as early as October.
• Favipiravir drug may also become the third treatment drug fo...

PHILIPPINES BEGIN CLINICAL TRIALS OF THE JAPANESE ANTI-FLU DRUG AVIGAN TO TREAT COVID-19

Highlights –

• Philippines begin clinical trials of the Japanese anti-flu drug Avigan to treat COVID-19.
• The trial is set for a period of 90 days at present.
• The clinical trials will be held in just four hospitals in Metro Manila at pr...

FUJIFILM TO COMPLETE CLINICAL TESTS OF AVIGAN BY SEPTEMBER

Highlights –

• Fujifilm to complete clinical tests of Avigan by September.
• Avigan is a potential candidate as a treatment for COVID-19.
• The test was supposed to be complete by June but pushed back due to a lack of enough patient data.<...

FUJIFILM TEAMS UP WITH DR. REDDY'S TO MAKE COVID-19 DRUG AVIGAN

HIGHLIGHTS

• Fujifilm has signed a deal with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories and Global Response Aid.
• Avigan has been approved for COVID-19 treatment in India and Russia.

Japan’s Fujifilm has signed a deal with Dubai-based Global R...

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO AMPLIFY AVIGAN PRODUCTION AGAINST COVID-19

• Governor of Toyama is ready to provide the drug Avigan for free to at least 20 countries.
• His Government will also treble the production levels of Avigan to an astronomical proportion that can treat 2 million patients

Japan like other countries has vowed to he...