German government to procure "Avigan" Used to treat severe new corona patients April 2 21:59
In response to the new coronavirus, the German government has procured an influenza drug, Avigan, developed by a Japanese pharmaceutical company and will use it to treat it.
The German Federal Ministry of Health stated in an interview with NHK that it will be used to treat severely ill people.
In addition, the leading German newspaper Frankfurter Argemayne has reported that the amount of government-purchased Avigan will amount to millions of sets.
The Chinese government has announced that clinical research has shown that new type of coronavirus is effective in treating Avigan, a drug developed by Japanese pharmaceutical company Fujifilm Toyama Chemical for the treatment of influenza.
German researchers working on the novel coronavirus are also seeing potential benefits, and are promising therapeutics.