As a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has coordinated with local governments such as Tokyo so that patients who are treated at home can receive the administration of newly approved therapeutic agents as so-called "antibody cocktail therapy" if they are hospitalized for a short period of time. Will proceed.
"Antibody cocktail therapy" is a treatment method in which the antibody acts to suppress the action of the virus by instilling two drugs at the same time, and it has been confirmed in overseas clinical trials that the risk of hospitalization and death is reduced by 70%. increase.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has indicated that it will be used only for elderly patients and inpatients who are at risk of aggravation such as underlying illness among mild to moderately ill patients due to the limited supply of medicines, but at home. As the number of medical treatment patients at hotels and hotels increases, there are calls for an expansion of the target.
Under these circumstances, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to coordinate with local governments such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Government so that patients who are treated at home can receive administration if they are hospitalized for a short period of time in order to use it widely for the treatment of patients.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare hastened to consider the target medical institutions and specific operations, and decided to implement them as soon as possible.
On the other hand, it is difficult to admit that the drug is taken without hospitalization because the follow-up time for side effects of the drug is not sufficient.