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Nigeria is applying for Favipiravir, a Japanese cure for the #Ebola disease, TKM-ebola drug and two other vaccines, The Nation Reports.
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The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, Monday announced that the country has applied for the Japanese drug for the treatment of Ebola Virus Disease.
The drug – Favipiravir – was developed by a subsidiary of Fujifilm Holdings and could be delivered immediately.
The flu treatment was approved by the Japanese health ministry in March. Fujifilm spokesman Takao Aoki said the company was in talks with United States authorities about starting clinical testing of Favipiravir for Ebola treatment.
Aoki had said that developers currently had enough stock to treat around 20,000 patients.
Apart from the Japanese drug, Chukwu said the country was also applying for the TKM-Ebola drug alongside two other vaccines which has been identified by the Treatment Research Group.
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Excerpt:
The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, Monday announced that the country has applied for the Japanese drug for the treatment of Ebola Virus Disease.
The drug – Favipiravir – was developed by a subsidiary of Fujifilm Holdings and could be delivered immediately.
The flu treatment was approved by the Japanese health ministry in March. Fujifilm spokesman Takao Aoki said the company was in talks with United States authorities about starting clinical testing of Favipiravir for Ebola treatment.
Aoki had said that developers currently had enough stock to treat around 20,000 patients.
Apart from the Japanese drug, Chukwu said the country was also applying for the TKM-Ebola drug alongside two other vaccines which has been identified by the Treatment Research Group.
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