Strides Pharma creates medication to battle Covid-19 Kumar Jeetendra | April 29, 2020 Strides Pharma Science Limited, a worldwide pharmaceutical organization on Wednesday said it has created and marketed Favipiravir antiviral tablets which were discovered successful to battle Covid-19 disease. The item is a conventional variant of Avigan of Toyama Chemical, Japan. Favipiravir is an antiviral drug that was at first evolved to treat flu in Japan. In …
High-dosage favipiravir ‘strong’ against COVID-19, HCQ totally incapable: Study Kumar Jeetendra | October 11, 2020 Research conducted at the KU Leuven Rega Institute in Belgium has found that the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) doesn’t limit the multiplication of the novel coronavirus. However, a very high dose of the flu drug favipiravir does have antiviral efficacy, according to their results. The researchers gave the hamsters either hydroxychloroquine or favipiravir for four …
Bal Pharma dispatches antiviral drug Favipiravir at Rs 85/tablet Kumar Jeetendra | May 24, 2021 Drug maker Bal Pharma on Monday said it has launched antiviral drug Favipiravir in the domestic market under the brand name BALflu for the treatment of COVID-19. The Bengaluru-based company said its formulation would be available in tablet form with 400 mg strength. Favipiravir is being used for patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 infection as it …
