The Japanese government has announced the delivery of the oral antiviral drug Avigan to the Philippines for the start of the clinical trials to be administered to 100 Filipino COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) patients.
In a statement on Thursday night, the Japanese Embassy said the Avigan tablets were turned over to the Department of Health as part of its emergency grant aid to countries severely affected by COVID-19.
Last May, the Philippines asked Japan to expand its clinical research on Avigan to the Philippines in its effort to find a potential treatment for COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Earlier reports indicated that the Philippine government has allotted P18 million for the Avigan trials to be conducted in at least three health care facilities.
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