People should not seek unauthorized sources of COVID-19 remedies, the Thai Food and Drug Administration said last night.
Surachoke Tangwiwat said the warning came after a private hospital in Bangkok’s Khlong Luang district was found to be selling COVID-19 treatment packages containing two unauthorized drugs: molnupiravir and favipiravir.
Molnupiravir is a recently developed drug that can treat early COVID-19 infection and help prevent more severe symptoms. But it is in limited supply and available only by prescription, often for those in high-risk groups.
The FDA warned that anyone selling fake and potentially unsafe versions of the antiviral drug through social media or other channels faces prosecution for smuggling illegal and unauthorized drugs.
The hospital did not have permission to supply the drugs as they remain strictly controlled by…
