BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 12
Trend:
For the first time in Turkey, the country managed to manufacture a synthetic drug against coronavirus (COVID-19), Trend reports.
“With a team of 32 people in just 40 days, we produced a very important drug,” said Mustafa Varank, Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology.
"The drug is undergoing a licensing phase. Once licensed, the local synthetic drug will be used in the treatment of patients with coronavirus (COVID-19). It is planned to export this medicine,” Varank added.
Earlier, the Turkish experts produced the apparatus for artificial lung ventilation, and exported it to many countries at a record speeds. Following this successful achievement, the country's scientists have achieved the production of anti-coronavirus drug.