Antiviral drug Avifavir delivered to Russian hospitals

11 June 2020
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The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, and drugmaker ChemRar Group today announce the delivery of the first batch of Avifavir (favipiravir) to Russian hospitals.

With registration certificate from the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation last week, Avifavir became the first favipiravir-based drug in the world approved for the treatment of COVID-19. On June 3, 2020, the Ministry of Health included Avifavir in the seventh edition of the guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the new coronavirus COVID-19.

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