On the afternoon of April 20, Dr. Truong Thi Ngoc Lan, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Traditional Medicine, said that the unit had just successfully researched the first and possibly the only drug that can treat COVID-19 in Vietnam with traditional medicine origins.
On April 25, the institute will hold an announcement ceremony and will have scientific reports introducing the research results, from which the Ministry of Health will grant a license.
Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Traditional Medicine announced research on traditional medicine to treat COVID-19
This drug, called Sunkovir, was just licensed for nationwide circulation on April 12, has been researched since July 2021 with 3 research phases and has been published in 3 famous international articles. Therefore, up to now, Vietnamese scientific research has been noticed. This product will be produced by a pharmaceutical company.
Previously, a product called "Kovir" - a functional food produced by a pharmaceutical company - with the function of supporting the treatment of flu. Ordered for research, this time the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Traditional Medicine researched it to have a second effect of treating COVID-19.
This result encourages the Vietnamese traditional medicine industry to continue contributing valuable herbal products to the community. "This is the result of the arduous research efforts of hundreds of doctors and pharmacists in the Vietnamese medical industry," said Dr. Lan.
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