TOKYO (Reuters): Fujifilm Holdings' research on Avigan as a potential treatment for Covid-19 may drag on until July, the company said on Sunday (June 7), a further setback in the Japanese firm's race to find a vaccine.
"There is a possibility that clinical trials will continue in July," a Fujifilm spokesman said, responding to a Nikkei report that any approval will be delayed until July or later, due to a lack of patients for trials.
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