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Written by: Chen Qianting
2020-07-17 23:29
Date of last update: 2020-07-18 01:03Remdesivir, a drug considered to be effective in the treatment of new coronavirus pneumonia, has been clinically tested on some patients diagnosed in Hong Kong. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board met today (17th) and agreed to conditional approval The redcive drug produced by Gilead Sciences is registered in Hong Kong for the treatment of new coronary pneumonia.
The committee said that even though the safety and efficacy data of the drug are still limited, considering that there are no other drugs registered for the treatment of new coronary pneumonia, it is conditionally approved to register in Hong Kong, but Gilead still has to comply with the requirements of the committee To submit further clinical studies and post-marketing reports.
The Pharmacy and Poisons Committee of the Hong Kong Pharmacy and Poisons Board has conditionally approved the drug registration of Veklury (containing active ingredient ridxivir) today. The holder of the registration certificate is Gilead Sciences Hong Kong Limited (Gilead Sciences) . The Drug Office of the Department of Health is responsible for providing professional and administrative support to the bureau and committees.
In order to expedite the registration and approval of drugs for new coronavirus pneumonia, the committee held a temporary meeting to evaluate the relevant applications. Although there are only very limited data on safety, efficacy and quality, the committee considers the current public health emergencies related to new coronary pneumonia, local medical needs, and that there are currently no other drugs registered for the treatment of new pneumonia. Desivir is still more effective than risk in the treatment of new coronary pneumonia, and decided to make conditional approval for the application for registration of related drugs.
Under conditional approval registration, Gilead Science still needs to submit further clinical research and safety, efficacy and quality data to the Drug Office of the Department of Health according to the conditions imposed by the committee.
HA: Pay close attention to the latest registration of drugs
Earlier, more than 30 patients in Princess Margaret Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital and Mary Hospital participated in the clinical test of the new drug Remdesivir. A HA spokesman said that the test of the relevant patient has been completed earlier, and it is not yet available. There are other clinical trials of ridxivir which will closely monitor the latest status of the drug registration in Hong Kong.
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