Min: Russian firm creates COVID-19 drug, clinical test in 10 days

MOSCOW, Apr 13 (PRIME) -- A Russian company has developed a medicine to treat the new coronavirus disease, whose clinical tests can start in 10–12 days, Healthcare Minister Mikhail Murashko said in a statement released on the Kremlin's website on Monday.

"A Russian company has developed a pharmaceutical which was tested by our colleagues in some countries, which is a fully Russian analog, and has produced the first batch for clinical tests… We plan that the drug will enter the clinic, clinical tests in 10–12 days," Murashko said.

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