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Romania's Ministry of Health (MS) is considering outpatient dispense of the drug Favipiravir, used for COVID-19 patients, by pharmacies in hospitals on medical prescription, according to recommendations of specialists from the Specialist Infectious Diseases Board, agerpres reports.
MS says Romania's National Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices(ANMDMR) has conducted an assessment of the medicine based on which it has issued a special use authorisation valid in the country that allows the administration of Favipiravir in health facilities under medical supervision, on a restricted-use basis.
ANMDMR has initiated and approved the submission by the local distributor in Romania of a "direct communication to health professionals" in order to inform prescribers in hospitals, as well as patients about the risks of using the drug.
