Remdesibir Approved as a New Corona Therapeutics Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare “Efforts to secure” May 7, 23:59
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare announced that he has approved "lemdecivir" as Japan's first therapeutic drug for new coronaviruses, and has indicated that he will make an effort to secure the necessary amount while the distribution volume is limited. .
After 10 pm on the 7th, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato told reporters, "Because of the approval of the council of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, we made a special approval decision regarding lemdecivir", greatly simplifying the examination. We have announced that we have applied the “special approval” system, which has been adopted, and have approved lemdecivir as the first therapeutic drug for new coronavirus in Japan.
In addition, he added, "Since the information on safety is limited, in principle, it is targeted at critically ill patients, and the condition that careful attention should be paid when using the drug is provided. I would like to expect that. "
In addition, the American pharmaceutical company that developed said that it can supply the world with 140,000 people for the time being, "I do not have definite information from the company side about how much it will be supplied to Japan. We want to make every effort to secure the necessary amount by using all routes so that we can reach medical institutions as soon as possible. "