Treatment of novel Corona Virus
The Taizhou government in Zhejiang province in
china announces on Sunday the treatment of most dangerous novel corona virus.
First antiviral drug approved for fighting against
corona virus known as Favilavir. It is the first anti-viral drug that has been approved
for marketing by the National Medical Products Administration since its
outbreak. Developed by Zhejiang Hsian Pharmaceutical Company, the drug is expected
to play an important role in preventing and treating the epidemic, the
government said on its official WeChat account.
Favilavir is one of three drugs that have shown significantly
efficiency in treating the novel corona virus in clinical trials, the minister
of science and technology said on Saturday.
The Favilavir antiviral drug approved on Sunday.
China
has launched a few trials that test chloroquine, a malarial drug that killed
off the new corona virus in cell culture. About 15 trials listed in china’s
registry expect to enroll a total of more than 2000 people in studies on a
variety of traditional Chinese medicines .one of the largest among them assesses
shuanghuanglian , a Chinese herbal medicine that contains extract6s from the
dried fruit ,which is purported to have been used for treating infections for
more than 2000 years. The trial has 400 participants including a control group
given standard care but not a placebo therapy-BY DR. RAVI RANJAN
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