Flu Drug Fighting Resistant Strains to Seek U.S. Approval
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The first new type of flu drug in more than a decade could seek U.S. regulatory approval as early as next year, aided by U.S. government efforts to combat pandemics and biological threats.
Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings Corp. and partner MediVector Inc. have enrolled more than half the 1,600 patients needed for advanced U.S. studies on the medicine called favipiravir, Kouichi Yamada, senior operations manager of Fujifilm’s pharmaceutical products division said in an interview. They plan to complete the trials around March and file for approvals thereafter.