Antiviral drug on the way from China

By The Nation

 

 

Some 120,000 tablets of Favipiravir, an antiviral drug, will be imported for the battle against Covid-19, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday (March 18).

 

He said the ministry had negotiated the deal with the Chinese embassy in Bangkok, by which manufacturers of drugs and medical supplies are being made for and sold to Thailand.

 

The Chinese government approved the deal and is in the process of confirming the arrangements, Anutin said.

 

“For peace of mind, we need 50,000 tablets of Favipiravir,” he said. “There are already 80,000 tablets in stock, but we’re going to buy another 120,000 to hold in reserve. If we can get 200,000 tablets, that would be enough for all the virus patients in Thailand.”

 

Negotiations have also been successfully completed for the import of coverall suits known as personal protective equipment (PPE) and facemasks, especially high-grade N95 masks, for use by medical personnel, the minister said.

 

Those are to be sent to the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation for distribution.

 

The Department of Medical Science will meanwhile inspect protective medical clothing manufactured in Thailand, ensuring it matches the standards of certified PPE and, if not, improving the quality.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384348

 

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With a "government" estimate of (eventually) 400,000 virus patients, that ain't a lot of pills!

Edited March 18, 20206 yr by Admiral Hornblower

8 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

for the battle against Covid-19, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday

am i missing something here .... there is currently NO vaccine for COVID-19. 

Favipiravir will be useless  .... ?   

 

 

Favipiravir, does seem to be effective, first developed in Japan

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/japanese-flu-drug-clearly-effective-in-treating-coronavirus-says-china

Just now, steven100 said:

am i missing something here .... there is currently NO vaccine for COVID-19. 

Favipiravir will be useless  .... ?   

 

 

It is not a vaccine it is a treatment

 

5 minutes ago, Admiral Hornblower said:

With a "government" estimate of 400,000 virus patients, that ain't a lot of pills!

Anutin's strong point is obviously not mathematics. We have a pandemic and this is the best man they could find for the job?

In the government's Emergency Operations Department best case scenario 400,000 people will be infected. So with

200,000 tablets of Favipiravir they will get half a tab each.

 

 

2 minutes ago, anterian said:

It is not a vaccine it is a treatment

 

will it work on COVID 19   ?

Great business plan. Cause a problem and then sell the solution. Been quite a few movies made based on this premise. Kingsman  -The Golden Circle comes to mind.

7 minutes ago, steven100 said:

will it work on COVID 19   ?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/japanese-flu-drug-clearly-effective-in-treating-coronavirus-says-china

 

 

Big lies, as usual. The drug was invented by the Japanese. The Chinese take something from another country. That must be the first time, methinks. 

 

  Favipiravir, also known as T-705, Avigan, or favilavir is an antiviral drug being developed by Toyama Chemical (Fujifilm group) of Japan with activity against many RNA viruses.

 

In February 2020 Favipiravir was being studied in China for experimental treatment of the emergent COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) disease.^[1][2] On March 17 it was found to be effective in treating the infection in two trials in Wuhan and Shenzhen.^[3][4] Like certain other experimental antiviral drugs (T-1105 and T-1106), it is a pyrazinecarboxamide derivative. Favipiravir is also active against influenza viruses, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, foot-and-mouth disease virus as well as other flaviviruses, arenaviruses, bunyaviruses and alphaviruses.^[5] Activity against enteroviruses^[6] and Rift Valley fever virus has also been demonstrated.^[7] Favipiravir has showed limited efficacy against Zika virus in animal studies, but was less effective than other antivirals such as MK-608.^[8] The agent has also shown some efficacy against rabies,^[9] and has been

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favipiravir

Edited March 18, 20206 yr by Isaanbiker
_uke China and it will never happen again.

11 minutes ago, steven100 said:

will it work on COVID 19   ?

It's from Japan, do not believe China's and Thailand's lies. China only took it and made it to their own. It never happened before. 

 

     Favipiravir, also known as T-705, Avigan, or favilavir is an antiviral drug being developed by Toyama Chemical (Fujifilm group) of Japan with activity against many RNA viruses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favipiravir

Seems Like a lot of medicine for the 177 reported corona cases here..

I've tried the Thai version, but it doesn't yet exist.

 

  The cross language links in this article are provided for readers and contributors to study more conveniently because Thai Wikipedia There is no such article yet, but should hurry to create an article as soon as possible.

 

Is it possible that there's no Thai who's yet seen this website and translated it? 

 

https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/ฟาวิพิราเวียร์

Edited March 18, 20206 yr by Isaanbiker

2 minutes ago, off road pat said:

how about "The twelve Monkeys" !?

Tried to download the torrent but couldn't. Sounds like a good movie.

Mind you gangsters have used this approach for a very long time. You buy protection or something bad happens. This has all the hallmarks of snouts in the trough, yet again.

must be the new math they be teaching.

 

google search shows the treatment on average would be twice a day for 4-10 days, beginning within 6 days after infection.

 

so budget at least 20 tabs for each patient, assuming they don't need to continue the treatment after testing negative.

5 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said:

Seems Like a lot of medicine for the 177 reported corona cases here..

And a lot of VIP's on Chinese and Thai side. The drug is already in use since 2014. Why does China act like they developed it? 

 

A Japanese anti-viral drug appears to be effective in treating coronavirus patients, Chinese medical officials have found.

Favipiravir, also known as Avigan, was approved for use in Japan in 2014 and is active against a range of illnesses, including influenza strains, yellow fever, Ebola and foot-and-mouth disease.

Now it has shown encouraging results in treating patients with Covid-19 in 

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/coronavirus-treatment-anti-viral-drug-favipiravir-avigan-wuhan-china-a9408066.html

Edited March 18, 20206 yr by Isaanbiker

Just waiting for some government high ranking official to horde them to sell abroad.

 

Still waiting for masks the government wants me to wear.

 

#winning

16 minutes ago, Isaanbiker said:

It's from Japan, do not believe China's and Thailand's lies. China only took it and made it to their own. It never happened before. 

 

     Favipiravir, also known as T-705, Avigan, or favilavir is an antiviral drug being developed by Toyama Chemical (Fujifilm group) of Japan with activity against many RNA viruses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favipiravir

it's okay to hate the chinese this month.  but let's do a little research. china has licensed the drug from the japanese fujifilm patent holder.  the drug is manufactured in zhejiang, china. 

 

https://www.france24.com/en/20200318-fujifilm-shares-soar-after-china-backs-drug-to-treat-virus

 

the japanese firm is not involved in the new treatment in any way.  that is being done by a university in wuhan.

 

https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/fujifilm-favipiravir-covid-19/

Edited March 18, 20206 yr by ChouDoufu

25 minutes ago, Isaanbiker said:

Big lies, as usual. The drug was invented by the Japanese. The Chinese take something from another country. That must be the first time, methinks. 

 

  Favipiravir, also known as T-705, Avigan, or favilavir is an antiviral drug being developed by Toyama Chemical (Fujifilm group) of Japan with activity against many RNA viruses.

 

In February 2020 Favipiravir was being studied in China for experimental treatment of the emergent COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) disease.^[1][2] On March 17 it was found to be effective in treating the infection in two trials in Wuhan and Shenzhen.^[3][4] Like certain other experimental antiviral drugs (T-1105 and T-1106), it is a pyrazinecarboxamide derivative. Favipiravir is also active against influenza viruses, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, foot-and-mouth disease virus as well as other flaviviruses, arenaviruses, bunyaviruses and alphaviruses.^[5] Activity against enteroviruses^[6] and Rift Valley fever virus has also been demonstrated.^[7] Favipiravir has showed limited efficacy against Zika virus in animal studies, but was less effective than other antivirals such as MK-608.^[8] The agent has also shown some efficacy against rabies,^[9] and has been

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favipiravir

And Western media are too focused on breaking a story first to do ant research. 

 

The Chinese use all our flaws against us with precision. 

 

They are winning the propaganda war against us. 

 

 

44 minutes ago, steven100 said:

am i missing something here .... there is currently NO vaccine for COVID-19. 

Favipiravir will be useless  .... ?   

 

 

Australian scientists also believe HIV antiviral is very promising along with a malaria drug that also has FDA approval, albeit not for treating COVID19.

Countries like Thailand seem to cut through red tape very quickly when needed to experiment on patients. 

Fingers crossed.  

Here's one link:  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8115879/COVID-19-Australian-researchers-CURE-coronavirus.html

11 minutes ago, Fex Bluse said:

And Western media are too focused on breaking a story first to do ant research. 

 

The Chinese use all our flaws against us with precision. 

 

They are winning the propaganda war against us.

 

western media is focused on doomporn.  look at all the stories about block-long lines to get into costco, hoarders fighting and grabbing everything within reach, photos of bare shelves, reports of stores running out of toilet paper within seconds of re-stocking.

 

and here's a shot of me shopping in china this evening....

 

Edited March 18, 20206 yr by ChouDoufu

30 minutes ago, Isaanbiker said:

It's from Japan, do not believe China's and Thailand's lies. China only took it and made it to their own. It never happened before. 

 

     Favipiravir, also known as T-705, Avigan, or favilavir is an antiviral drug being developed by Toyama Chemical (Fujifilm group) of Japan with activity against many RNA viruses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favipiravir

 To be fair, nothing in the OP says that the drug was developed by China, it just being ordered from there.   There's a good chance that China now makes it under licence and, if that's the case, it is not unlikely that the Chinese price will be more competitive than Japan's.

And voila, we are seeing how a drug resistant  disease is created when fools throw novel drugs at a disease without  really understanding the appropriate dosing or impact.

26 minutes ago, Fex Bluse said:

And Western media are too focused on breaking a story first to do ant research. 

 

The Chinese use all our flaws against us with precision. 

 

They are winning the propaganda war against us. 

 

 

So is Russia, they seem more coordinated lately.

Reuters: Russia deploying coronavirus disinformation to sow panic in West, EU document says

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russian media have deployed a “significant disinformation campaign” against the West to worsen the impact of the coronavirus.

-- Thanks guys.

 

Edited March 18, 20206 yr by rabas

1 hour ago, Arkady said:

In the government's Emergency Operations Department best case scenario 400,000 people will be infected. So with

200,000 tablets of Favipiravir they will get half a tab each.

 

 

Of those 400,000 infected people, probably only 10% will be serious enough to need the therapy. The rest will recover without it. Simple maths and logic, which seems to be in short supply.

3 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Simple maths and logic, which seems to be in short supply.

Understatement of the year? frightened children react with more dignity and self control than many are doing!

I read that Thailand has some antiviral drugs which treated some Covid patients many weeks back and it cured them. 

 

I vaguely remember that it was related to Favipxx.

 

As for the other comments in this thread, a patient don't take only one tablet, most probably they take a course like 14 days until all the virus are inactivated in the body.

 

Do dirty farangs get offered the tablet if requested?

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Some 120,000 tablets of Favipiravir, an antiviral drug, will be imported for the battle against Covid-19, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday

You see there they are again bigging up hopes and expectations with a portrayal that does not include the fact that Favipiravir or T-705 is not dedicated to C V 19 nor mention it was dev'd in Japan and only being produced in China as pointed out by Issanbiker already .. It was used earlier thus year in Wuhan and another Chinese city when C V first emerged with it is said encouraging results but that does not make it foolproof or make it the magic pill everyone seeks .. It is outright cynical for A-nut-in to present this in the way that it has been and kind of indicates how unsuitable he is for the position at this time ..