The National Drug Authority (NDA) has today approved the use of COVIDEX Herbal Drug for treatment against COVID-19, Campus Bee has learned.
The NDA released a statement noting: “…after a record time of 14 days of engagements with innovators and assessments of the product information, COVIDEX, has been notified to be sold in licensed drug outlets for supportive treatment in management of viral infections but not as a cure of COVID-19”
“NDA has granted COVIDEX an approval based on initial assessment, published literature and safety studies conducted by the innovator. The product has been formulated from herbal plants that have been traditionally used to alleviate symptoms of several diseases” the statement from NDA adds.
The development comes after a series of controversies between a section of the public and scientists, regarding the effectiveness of the drug.
Days ago, the Pharmaceutical society of Uganda came out clear saying the COVIDEX drug is safe for treatment of COVID-19. The pronouncement came after a 79-year-old patient battling COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit who was given COVIDEX and they improved, according to Dr Grace Nambatya, the Director of Research at the Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Laboratory.
She also recommended that the remedy shouldn’t be given in the nose but rather through the mouth to throat since another herb known as Warburgia ugandensis in the product is sensitive to the membranes in the nose especially when someone is sick.
The innovator of the drug – Prof Patrick Ogwang, in regard to the matter applied for emergency use authorization which has today been approved.
Read the full statement from NDA below:
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