Tag: treatment for COVID-19

DOH to conduct clinical trials of anti-flu drug Avigan to treat COVID-19

(Eagle News) – The Department of Health will soon conduct clinical trials on the possible use of the anti-flu drug Avigan (generic name: favipiravir) to treat COVID-19 patients. In a virtual presser, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire expressed gratitude to the Japanese government for its readiness to supply the Philippines with the drug, for free. “Ang gamot na ito ay nagpapakita ng pag-asa sa paglaban natin sa COVID-19 at tayo ay agarang magkakaroon ng clinical […]