Avigan, Drugs Ebola created Fuji Film - A well-known Japanese camera company, Fujifilm, is reported to have managed to find a drug to combat virulent Ebola virus. In a statement published in the Fujifilm, a drug named Avigan This is a modified version of the anti-influenza drug. Avigan is currently entering clinical trials in the United States.
If it passes clinical trials, Fujifilm claims to be ready to offer this medicine in the World Health Organization (WHO) for use cope with an outbreak of Ebola in different parts of the world, especially the West African region.
Even so, according to website News.com.au quoted on Monday (09/01/2014), Avigan or which is also known as Favipiravir not been proven capable of treating patients with Ebola. Efficacy can only be proven through clinical trials that applied to humans or animals.
Previous WHO has declared an outbreak of the deadly Ebola in West Africa can infect over 20,000 people before it can be controlled. So far 1,552 people have been killed in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria due to Ebola.
WHO Assistant Director General Bruce Aylward says it requires financial support of US $ 489 million. There should also be about 750 international workers and 12,000 workers nationwide in West Africa.
In addition to Fujifilm, a Japanese manufacturer of the other known technologies have also been actively engaged in the world of health. Some of them are Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic.
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