Promising coronavirus drugs being developed in Russia

More than 150 different drugs are being researched in different countries around the world. Most
are research on existing drugs that are being tested for effectiveness against coronavirus.

In the United Kingdom, the largest clinical trial in the world called Recovery is underway with
12,000 patients. It is one of the few trials that have given a definitive picture of which drugs are
working and which are not. The World Health Organization (WHO) is conducting a trial, called
Solidarity, to evaluate treatments that have shown promise in different countries around the
world. In Russia, they have already developed three drugs that could be effective in combating
COVID-19, Chekhovsky reported.

The Postovsky Institute of Organic Synthesis of the Russian Academy of Sciences developed the
antiviral preparation triazivirin a few years ago, which today has attracted the interest of Chinese
doctors as a possible method for treating COVID-19.

"Russian scientists have developed a special form of inhalation of this drug, which could be used to
specifically treat respiratory infection," Chekhovsky said, and he also reported that the drug is now
ready to be tested in specialized institutions.