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Russian Health Ministry Registers First Domestic Anti-Smallpox Drug

© US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)This image from 1971, depicts a view of the right hand and leg, of a 4 year-old female in Bondua, Grand Gedeh County, Liberia, which reveals numerous maculopapular monkeypox lesions, enabling you to see the similarity of these lesions to those of smallpox.
This image from 1971, depicts a view of the right hand and leg, of a 4 year-old female in Bondua, Grand Gedeh County, Liberia, which reveals numerous maculopapular monkeypox lesions, enabling you to see the similarity of these lesions to those of smallpox. - Sputnik International, 1920, 05.10.2022
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Health Ministry registered NIOCH-14, the first domestic drug against smallpox, developed by the Vector research center, according to the state register of medicines.

"Trade name: NIOCH-14. Date of state registration 04.10.2022," the document says.

NIOCH-14 can be used to treat monkeypox patients, it says.
After being introduced into medical practice, NIOCH-14 will be effective against any types of orthopoxviruses, which include the monkeypox virus, Sergey Shchelkunov, chief researcher at Vector's department of genomic research, said earlier.
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