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Potential Covid drug favipiravir to be available at Rs 103/pill at pharmacies by month-end

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Favipiravir, Japanese drug that’s the new Covid treatment hope your chemist will soon stock

Favipiravir, a drug approved for treating influenza in Japan & China, has shown promise in studies. But many researchers have urged caution in the interpretation of the results. 

Glenmark enrols 150 patients to test favipiravir, the ‘most sought-after drug for Covid’

The dosage frequency of the tablets will be 1,800 mg twice on first day, 800 mg twice on second day, which will then be followed for up to a maximum of 14 days.

India to test Japanese flu drug favipiravir on Covid patients, Glenmark first to start trials

Favipiravir is among the drugs under trial for Covid-19 treatment along with anti-malarial medicine hydroxychloroquine and the Ebola drug remdesivir. 

On Camera

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.