Lasa Supergenerics in collaboration with Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) recently announced commencement for Development of antiviral
Compound Favipiravir as Covid19 Treatment.
Favipiravir is an antiviral drug and is a promising antidote for the treatment of Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019). It possesses activity against many RNA viruses. It is a guanine analogue approved for influenza treatment. It can effectively inhibit the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of RNA viruses such as influenza, Ebola, yellow fever, chikungunya, norovirus and enterovirus, and a recent study reported its activity against 2019-nCoV.
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