Novichok: What Do We Know?

... states that “nobody has ever possessed a binary [chemical] weapon.” Mirzayanov suggests that Novichok is not covered by the CWC, and that no antidote exists. Uglev concurs that there is no antidote. However, Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, who was exposed ... ... compared to that of the VX agents. Nevertheless, as previously reported, in April 2011 the Scientific Advisory Board at the OPCW reviewed the alleged Novichok agents whose structures had been included in Mirzayanov’s book and claimed to have toxicity ...