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Favipira was trialled among 50 patients in four hospitals in Dhaka: the Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital, Dhaka Mahanagar General Hospital, Kurmitola General Hospital, and Mugda Medical College and Hospital.
Syed Ghulam said 48 percent of patients recovered or tested negative for the virus four days after taking Favipira, and 96 percent did so after 10 days.
For the placebo group, this rate was zero percent after four days, and 52 percent after 10 days.
Those taking Favipira showed an improvement in their lungs three times higher than those in the placebo group.