Tag: drugs
Vietnam to lower COVID-19 infection risk levels
VOV.VN - The Government has asked the Ministry of Health (MoH) to consider lowering the infection risk level of COVID-19 from group A, made up of very dangerous infectious diseases, to group B which consists of dangerous infectious diseases.
NA Standing Committee urges early issue of new COVID-19 control master plan for 2022-2023
The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee has urged the Government to early issue a master plan on COVID-19 prevention and control for 2022-2023 to deal with many urgent issues such as COVID-19 test kit prices, the opening of tourism sector amid the rising infection number.
Expiry date of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine extended
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced the extension of the shelf-life of the Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine, known as Moderna, by an additional two months.
COVID-19 rapid test kits in high demand as infections skyrocket
VOV.VN - The number of positive COVID-19 cases in the capital of Hanoi has hit a new record high, resulting in a surge in demand for mixed rapid test kits and medicine over recent days.
Vaccine diplomacy – more than a lesson on emergency pandemic response
VOV.VN - The success of Vietnam’s vaccine diplomacy policy in 2021 has offered the country a number of useful lessons in which to help this policy be more effectively implemented this year and to better deal with the latest situation.
Vietnam’s foreign minister meets RoK’s parliament speaker, Deputy PM
Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug and the RoK’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki in Seoul on February 11.
Important step forward for Vietnamese, EU firms in socio-economic recovery
The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on December 30, 2021 issued a resolution allowing the implementation of a number of mechanisms and policies in the healthcare sector serving COVID-19 prevention and control activities, including the management of drug and drug ingredients.
Only firm licensed to manufacture Molnupiravir in Vietnam
VOV.VN - The Medicine Patent Pool (MPP) on January 20 announced it has granted licenses to manufacture the COVID-19 treatment drug Molnupiravir to 27 pharmaceutical firms worldwide, including Stella Vietnam (Stellapharm).
Vietnam seeks additional COVID-19 vaccine, drug support from AstraZeneca
VOV.VN - Vietnam expects drug maker AstraZeneca will continue to provide new generation COVID-19 vaccines and drugs to Vietnam to increase its protection capacity against new strains.
COVID-19 treatment drugs illegally traded on black market
VOV.VN - A number of antiviral drugs specifically for COVID-19 treatment such as Molnupiravir and Favipiravir are being traded on the black market locally at various prices and with unreliable quality, though they are strictly prescribed by doctors.
