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Health Minister Vows to Shorten Review Time for Avigan
Japanese Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said on April 13 that his ministry will work to shorten the review time as much as possible for Fujifilm’s antiviral Avigan (favipiravir), which is now being investigated in a PIII trial in Japan for…
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