The race to find a cure for the novel coronavirus is getting major assistance in Japan from Fujifilm, the global photography and imaging company based in Tokyo. A new report from Wired states that a team of Fujifilm employees was tasked by Japan’s health minister, Katsunobu Kato, to find an antiviral pill that could be used to help fight Covid-19 symptoms. The Fujifilm team turned to Favipiravir, a version of an anti-influenza drug called Avigan (the Fujifilm subsidiary Toyama Chemical developed Avigan decades ago). According to Wired, Favipiravir was previously used to cut the Ebola rate in Guinea from 30 percent to 15 percent.
Beginning March 28, Japan’s prime minster Shinzo Abe “designated Avigan as Japan’s standard treatment for Covid-19.” According to Wired’s report, “At a hospital in Shenzhen, Covid-19 patients treated with Favipiravir tested negative for the virus after a median of four days, rather than the 11 days...
Beginning March 28, Japan’s prime minster Shinzo Abe “designated Avigan as Japan’s standard treatment for Covid-19.” According to Wired’s report, “At a hospital in Shenzhen, Covid-19 patients treated with Favipiravir tested negative for the virus after a median of four days, rather than the 11 days...
- 4/6/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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