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Japan Govt to End Observational Avigan Study for COVID-19
The Japanese health ministry is discontinuing a state-funded observational study for Fujifilm’s antiviral Avigan (favipiravir) for the treatment of COVID-19. Drug supplies from a government stockpile for this program were terminated as of December 28. The ministry has been conducting…
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