Dr Reddy’s partners Fujifilm to launch Avigan for Covid-19 treatment

Date posted: Saturday 4 July 2020

Indian generic drug maker Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has partnered with the Japanese pharma giant Fujifilm Toyama Chemical and Global Response Aid (GRA) for development, manufacture and sale of antiviral drug Avigan (favipiravir) tablets for potential treatment of Covid-19.The agreement grants Dr Reddy’s exclusive rights for India and grants both Dr Reddy’s and GRA the rights to develop, sell and distribute Avigan in all countries other than Japan, China and Russia.

(Economic Times)