PARIS ¨C France said on Wednesday the first trials of a drug to treat Ebola in Guinea had been encouraging and appeared to accelerate the recovery process of patients, President Francois Hollande¡¯s office said in a statement.
Trials of an experimental Japanese drug ¡ª Avigan, or favipiravir ¡ª developed by Toyama Chemical, a subsidiary of Japan¡¯s Fujifilm, began at a treatment centre in Guinea in mid-December.
¡°The results are encouraging. They show a fall in the number of deaths in adults and teenagers. The recovery process is accelerated,¡± Hollande¡¯s office said after he met doctors working on tackling Ebola. It added the treatment was given to 80 patients, adults and children.
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