Approval for new type corona treatment lemdecivir “work to secure” Chief Cabinet Secretary May 7 12:50
At the news conference in the morning, Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga thought that he would promptly approve “lemdecivir”, which is expected to be effective in the treatment of the new coronavirus, on the 7th after consulting with the council of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. I showed you.
In addition, he said, "We will continue to work with the manufacturing companies to secure the drug so that it can be delivered to patients in need in a timely manner."
Also for the "Abigan", but Chief Cabinet Secretary is carried out is already close to 3000 cases administered in a "domestic, has advanced clinical trials steadily. If these data also validity is verified while based, the end of this month prospect I would like to aim for regulatory approval. ”