This treatment, given in an injectable form and called AZD7442 or Evusheld
drug
The drug, called fluvoxamine, is taken for conditions including depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder
The easy-to-administer treatment has halved the risk of hospitalization or death from Covid-19 for people with mild to moderate symptoms
Professor Nadir Arber’s EXO-CD24 cured 29 of the 30 patients administered with it within 3-5 days
Preliminary testing shows that 29 out of 30 virus patients in serious condition that were administered the drug, made a full recovery in five days
Avifavir was approved in May 2020 by the Russian Ministry of Health and was the first drug in the world to be approved for the treatment of Covid-19
Shares in Fujifilm Toyama Chemical, which developed favipiravir, surged after praise by Chinese official following clinical trials
"It's been around for a long time so we know if things don't go as planned it's not going to kill anybody," Trump told reporters at the White House
Toronto researchers believe the drug can also help those with depression, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s
The synthetic drug can stop users from feeling pain and cause severe paranoia