An ampule of the drug remdesivir is pictured during a news conference in Germany. - Reuters
TOKYO (AFP) – Japan on Thursday (May 7) authorised the antiviral drug remdesivir to treat coronavirus patients, the government said, with an eye to approving another medication Avigan this month.
This makes Japan the second country to approve the drug after US regulators authorised it last Friday for emergency use against severe cases of Covid-19.
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