China Grants Conditional Approval for 2 Indigenous COVID-19 Drugs

Mon Jan 30 2023
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Monitoring Desk

BEIJING: National Medical Products Administration said Sunday that China has conducted emergency reviews and given conditional approval for 2 homegrown drugs for Covid-19 treatment.

The applications for the innovative drugs VV116 and XIANNUOXIN were submitted by a subsidiary of Shanghai Junshi Biosciences and Simcere, respectively.

Both are oral small-molecule medicines intended to be used for the treatment of adults suffering from mild to moderate COVID-19.

Drugs to be used with doctors’ guidance

The administration cautioned that the patients should strictly follow the doctors’ guidance while taking the drugs.

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