News Roundup | Egypt Ivermectin-based Study Results Are In
Story 1: Mansoura University Ivermectin-based Study Results in Superior Viral Clearance & Peer Review Status in Journal of Medical Virology: […]
Back to the Drawing Board for Fujifilm Holdings’ Favipiravir in Japan as it Must Now Execute Another Phase 3 Clinical Trial
Japanese drug regulatory authorities failed to make a decision on whether favipiravir (Avigan) would be used as a treatment for […]
Chairman of the Tokyo Medical Association: Household Doctors Should Prescribe Ivermectin to Treat COVID-19
On February 9th a prominent member of the medical establishment here came out in a very public manner in favor of […]
Japan Formally Approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Domestic Use
The fast-track approval, made by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, represents a major step forward in Japan’s efforts […]
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Plans Ivermectin Clinical Trials at City Hospitals
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced plans to conduct clinical trials investigating the use of Ivermectin at metropolitan and public hospitals […]
Lessons from COVID-19? Japan Health Ministry to Embrace Real World Data
Why let promising drugs exhibiting benefit stall in the market? In a bid to counter such trends, and even accelerate drug […]
FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Co. Submits Application for Avigan (Favipiravir) Approval for COVID-19 to Japan’s Health Authority
Japan’s FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd announced that the company filed an Application for Partial Changes to manufacturing and marketing approval […]
Japanese Health Ministry Could Approve Favipiravir (Avigan) Before End of Year Targeting COVID-19
Although favipiravir (Avigan) was developed and approved for Japan for influenza in 2014, the drug isn’t yet approved for COVID-19 […]
Prominent Japanese Academic Medical Center Launching Ivermectin Clinical Trial Targeting COVID-19
Distinguished Japanese professor Omura Satoshi won the Nobel prize for discovering a compound that led to the development of ivermectin. Now […]
Japanese Government Secures 120m Doses of BNT162 from BioNTech & Pfizer Demonstrating Growing Confidence in the mRNA-based Vaccine Candidate
The Pfizer and BioNTech SE vaccine known as BNT162 looks increasingly in demand as Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and […]
