Indigenous Services eyeing Canadian trial of antiviral drug https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/drug-department-trial-1.5610093 Indigenous Services Canada is watching for the results of the world's first trial to determine whether an antiviral medication developed in Japan could be used to prevent COVID-19, according to a letter provided to CBC News.
The potential of favipiravir, which received clearance from Health Canada for trial on May 18, has the attention of the department's First Nation and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB), according to the letter written by a senior federal official.