Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – has asked for completion
of the dossier of the homegrown Nano Covax vaccine to submit for urgent licencing, and assistance for relevant firms in testing the anti-virus drug Molnupiravir in a notice released by the Government Office.
on research, technology transfer, clinical trial and production of drugs, vaccines, and biological products, the Ministry of Health is required to give more support to COVID-19 vaccine research
units in completing and supplementing dossiers of vaccines, first of all the , to submit to the National Committee for Ethics in Biomedical Research, and the Advisory Council for the
Registration of Circulation of Drugs and Medicinal Ingredients for
consideration and emergency approval .
Deputy PM Dam also asks the MOH to collect recommendations of the two councils’
members on the use of vaccines for children, the combination of vaccines, and plans for vaccine use in 2020.
The MoH is also asked to guide and help related firms in the trial
of the anti-viral drug Molnupiravir, and design plans to ensure the availability
of treatment drugs to meet the demand in the situation of rapid increases in COVID-19 patients, while speeding up the clinical trial and evaluation of
the efficacy of the Vipdevir drug for COVID-19 treatment researched
and produced by the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.
The
ministry will also direct domestic units to continue researching medicine for
COVID-19 treatment, coordinate will the Ministry of Science and Technology and
relevant agencies in helping enterprises to soon produce rapid
antigen testing kits which can be effective
on many strains of SARS-CoV-2 virus./.
Source: VietnamPlus
