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Another breakthrough? New Russian drug means fewer Covid-19 patients need ventilators, has significantly reduced mortality

Posted on September 9, 2020September 9, 2020By Editor

A new Russian medicine being used on Covid-19 patients has reduced the mortality rate by up to five times, according to its developer, Oleg Rosenberg, of Surfactant-BL. The drug is most commonly used to treat severe lung lesions. … Read More >Another breakthrough? New Russian drug means fewer Covid-19 patients need ventilators, has significantly reduced mortality

Russia Delivers 850,000 Packages of Insulin to Venezuela

Posted on September 5, 2020September 5, 2020By Editor

A shipment from Russia containing 850,000 packages of insulin drugs produced by Geropharm company has arrived in Venezuela, the Latin American country’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday. … Read More >Russia Delivers 850,000 Packages of Insulin to Venezuela

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Fifteen Countries Purchase Russia’s Avifavir COVID-19 Medication, Direct Investment Fund Chief Says

Posted on August 4, 2020August 4, 2020By Editor

Russia is already delivering its Avifavir medication against COVID-19 to 15 countries, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), which took part in the creation of this treatment, told the broadcaster Russia-24 in an interview. … Read More >Fifteen Countries Purchase Russia’s Avifavir COVID-19 Medication, Direct Investment Fund Chief Says

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Russia’s RDIF, ChemRar Start Exporting Avifavir Medication Against COVID-19

Posted on July 3, 2020July 3, 2020By Editor

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the pharmaceutical group ChemRar have started exporting the drug Avifavir against COVID-19, Belarus has already received it, and deliveries to Kazakhstan are expected to start soon, RDIF said on Thursday. … Read More >Russia’s RDIF, ChemRar Start Exporting Avifavir Medication Against COVID-19

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US drug maker says its coronavirus medication will cost up to $5,700 per treatment

Posted on June 30, 2020June 30, 2020By Editor

Gilead Sciences announced pricing plans for its coronavirus-fighting drug remdesivir. It will charge the US government and other developed countries $390 per vial, or about $2,340 for a typical five-day course of treatment. … Read More >US drug maker says its coronavirus medication will cost up to $5,700 per treatment

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Russia sees opportunity to export Covid-19 vaccines, tests & antiviral medications – health minister

Posted on June 30, 2020June 30, 2020By Editor

Just a few days after one of Russia’s top scientists expressed high hopes that Moscow is close to developing a working coronavirus vaccine, the country’s health minister is already thinking about how to distribute it globally. … Read More >Russia sees opportunity to export Covid-19 vaccines, tests & antiviral medications – health minister

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Hopes high that new Russian anti-Coronavirus drug ‘Avifavir’ will be effective, as 1st batch delivered to hospitals

Posted on June 12, 2020June 12, 2020By Editor

A cure for Covid-19 is the current holy grail of medical research. However, in its absence, next best would be a medicine that can alleviate the virus’s effects. Russian experts hope their new drug, Avifavir, will do the trick. … Read More >Hopes high that new Russian anti-Coronavirus drug ‘Avifavir’ will be effective, as 1st batch delivered to hospitals

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Goats and BREAST MILK protein may be key to fighting Covid-19, Russian scientists suggest

Posted on May 29, 2020May 29, 2020By Editor

The coronavirus seems to be affecting babies less than other populations and Russian scientists suggest this may be due to proteins in breast milk that protects their immune system. Now they are trying a new drug based on it. … Read More >Goats and BREAST MILK protein may be key to fighting Covid-19, Russian scientists suggest

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Italy and Belgium join France in rejecting hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 treatment

Posted on May 28, 2020May 28, 2020By Editor

Italy and Belgium have joined France in moving to ban the use of the controversial hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19 patients as questions continue to mount over its safety. … Read More >Italy and Belgium join France in rejecting hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 treatment

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China Scientists Tout New Drug as Able to Potentially Stop COVID-19 Pandemic ‘Without Vaccine’

Posted on May 20, 2020May 20, 2020By Editor

The COVID-19 outbreak first emerged in China’s Hubei province in late 2019, before spreading across the world to become a pandemic and triggering an international race against time to develop treatments and vaccines. … Read More >China Scientists Tout New Drug as Able to Potentially Stop COVID-19 Pandemic ‘Without Vaccine’