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Vietnam institute successfully synthesizes COVID-19 drug

Vietnam institute successfully synthesizes COVID-19 drug

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s Institute of Chemistry has found a new method for synthesizing a COVID-19 drug from Favipiravir in the laboratory.

Scientists at the Institute of Chemistry laboratory (Photo: the Institute of Chemistry)

Due to the emergence of new strains that are able to resist vaccines, antiviral drugs are an important supplement to COVID-19 vaccines.

With an action mechanism similar to Remdesivir but it is administered orally, Favipiravir was first used against SARS-CoV-2 in Wuhan, China.

This drug has contributed to preventing the COVID-19 pandemic in many countries, including Italy, Japan, and Russia.

Vietnamese scientists hope to perfect their research, thus scaling up the synthesis of the drug in the coming time.

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