Vietnam successfully synthesises anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug
The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology on June 28 announced that its Institute of Chemistry has successfully found out a new method for synthesising anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug from Favipiravir in the laboratory.
Scientists from the Institute of Chemistry are conducting research in the laboratory (Photo: the Institute of Chemistry)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Academy ofScience and Technology on June 28 announced that its Instituteof Chemistry has successfullyfound out a new method for synthesising anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug from Favipiravir inthe laboratory.
The result will contribute to joint efforts of Vietnamese scientists inresearching drugs, vaccines and biological products to serve COVID-19prevention and control.
The research, licensing, production and vaccination of COVID-19 vaccines suchas Astrazeneca, Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson have contributed toeffectively containing the spread of COVID-19. However, due to the emergence ofnew strains that are able to resist vaccines, antiviral drugs are an important supplementto COVID-19 vaccines.
In that context, scientists of the Institute of Chemistry have successfully researchedthe new method for the synthesis of anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug from Favipiravir inthe lab.
With an action mechanism similar to Remdesivir but it is administered orally,Favipiravir was first used against SARS-CoV-2 in Wuhan, China. This drug hasimportantly contributed to preventing the COVID-19 pandemic in many countries,including Italy, Japan, and Russia.
The Vietnamese scientists are hoped to perfect their research, thus scaling upthe synthesis of the drug in the coming time./.
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Scientists from the Institute of Chemistry are conducting research in the laboratory (Photo: the Institute of Chemistry) 
