National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says a drug of the anti malarial family, Chloroquine, is effective for the treatment of COVID-19. Speaking during a virtual news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, Mojisola Adeyeye, director-general of the agency, said research has shown that chloroquine is potent in combating the virulent infection … Read more
The European Commission (EU) has approved the use of Remdesivir, an antiviral drug for severe Coronavirus cases. EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides made this known in a statement on Friday. According to Stella, the drug has the tendency of speeding up recovery rate in COVID-19 patients. “Today’s authorisation of a first medicine to treat COVID-19 … Read more
The Federal Government on Tuesday disclosed that it had begun using remdesivir, an anti-retroviral drug, in managing COVID-19 patients. Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, disclosed this when he spoke at the house of representatives. Addressing members of the lower chamber, Ehanire said the drug had been administered to patients in Lagos state. He, however, did … Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday has announced the experimental drug remdesivir authorized by US regulators for emergency use against coronavirus. It comes after the antiviral made by Gilead Sciences was shown in a major clinical trial to shorten the time to recovery in some coronavirus patients, the first time any medicine has had a proven … Read more
There appears to have been a significant breakthrough in the search for the vaccine that will cure the the virulent coronavirus infection which has brought the world to its knee. US National Institute of Health on Wednesday said that an experimental drug, Remdesivir, has proved effective against the new Coronavirus disease. The White House … Read more