COVID-19: Bharat Parenterals gets DCGI nod for favipiravir oral suspension

COVID-19: Bharat Parenterals gets DCGI nod for favipiravir oral suspension

PTIUpdated: Sunday, May 23, 2021, 06:39 PM IST
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File/ COVID-19 patients undergo treatment at Guru Tegh Bahadur COVID care centre at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in New Delhi, Thursday, May, 20, 2021. | (PTI Photo)

Drug firm Bharat Parenterals on Saturday said it has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for favipiravir oral suspension, to be used for treatment of COVID-19 patients.

The company has received licence and authorisation from DCGI to manufacture and market favipiravir oral suspension l00mg/ml, Bharat Parenterals said in a regulatory filing.

Favipiravir, an antiviral drug, was approved in Japan in 2014 for the treatment of novel or re-emerging influenza virus infections.

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