The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, a key Japanese reimbursement policy panel better known as Chuikyo, approved an outline of…
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Fujifilm’s Avigan COVID-19 Trial Might Continue into July
A Japanese clinical trial sponsored by Fujifilm for its antiviral Avigan (favipiravir) for the treatment of COVID-19 is decelerating as the number of infected patients is on the decline, casting a shadow on the June-end goal for its completion. The…
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