Adverse event studies of favipiravir used to treat COVID-19 have been ongoing since it was established as a treatment option. A better understanding of the side effects of favipiravir from recent studies is important for developing and assessing the introduction of effective treatments for COVID-19
The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak all over the world has led the researchers to strive to develop drugs or vaccines to prevent or halt the progression of this ailment. To hasten the treatment process, repurposed drugs are being evaluated. Favipiravir is one such oral drug that was approved for new and reemerging pandemic influenza in Japan in 2014 and has shown potent in vitro ac…
The new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was initially identified from patients with pneumonia of unknown cause in Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China in December 2019. The virus has since spread globally and infected over four and a half million people as of May 15, 2020. In Japan, over 16,000 have been infected, and over 800 of them have died from the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19)