FNA - The Iranian health ministry said on Tuesday that the country has tested the two controversial drugs of favipiravir and remdesivir on coronavirus patients, and received no promising report of treatment. Two coronavirus drugs were controversial in the country in the past few weeks; one of them is favipiravir produced in Japan. Some studies were ...

FNA - Head of Food and Drug Administration of Iran (FDA) Mohammad Reza Shanesaz announced on Friday that three Iranian companies are ready to make the antiviral drug Favipiravir, which is said to be effective in the treatment of COVID-19. Shanesaz said that production of Favipiravir in Iran is in the phase of clinical trials and as planned its basic ...

FNA - Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on Tuesday that his country will offer free Favipiravir to twenty countries, including Iran as the world is grappling with coronavirus. Favipiravir is an antiviral drug being developed by Toyama Chemical of Japan with activity against many RNA viruses. According to Japanese media, Motegi ...

Press TV - Iran has produced favipiravir for the first time as it continues its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, says the head of Iran's Masih Daneshvari Hospital, which is one of the leading medical centers treating patients with the new coronavirus infection in the Iranian capital. Dr. Ali Akbar Velayati, who is also a senior advisor to Leader ...