Bausch Health Companies Inc (NYSE/TSX: BHC), a Canada-based multinational specialty pharmaceutical company, announced on Wednesday that it has received an additional new indication for DEXAVEN (dexamethasone phosphate) solution for injection, 4mg/ml, from the Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products in Poland.
The product is intended to treat COVID-19 in adult and adolescent patients over 12 years of age and older, weighing around 40kg and in need of oxygen therapy. It is a corticosteroid that decreases inflammation.
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not granted approval to Dexamethasone-containing products in the United States for the treatment for COVID-19. The products are only to be used in accordance with their approved label and under the directions of the patient's doctor.
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