FDA approves Pfizer Covid drug for high-risk adults

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The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted full approval to Pfizer’s Covid antiviral pill, Paxlovid, for adults who are at high risk of getting severely sick with the virus. Paxlovid is specifically advised for the treatment of mild to moderate Covid in adults older than 50 and people who […]

FDA Approves First Oral Antiviral Drug for COVID-19

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The FDA has granted full approval to nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) for treating adult outpatients with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are at risk for severe disease, the agency announced on Thursday. “Today’s approval demonstrates that Paxlovid has met the agency’s rigorous standards for safety and effectiveness, and that it remains an […]

Covid-19 drug now free of charge

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Public Health Ministry staff check bottles of the antiviral drug molnupiravir at a warehouse in Samut Prakan in March last year. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard) The anti-viral drug molnupiravir has been included in the list of essential medications covered by the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (Ucep) Plus scheme, according to […]

World’s first AI-designed COVID drug starts clinical trials

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For the first time ever, a COVID-19 drug entirely designed by generative AI has been approved for human use and will soon begin clinical trials in China, the Canadian-founded company announced Thursday. The drug, named ISM3312, was discovered in a matter of months by multinational biotechnology company Insilico Medicine. Believed […]

Side effects, drug interactions, what to know

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The antiviral Paxlovid has changed the battle against COVID-19. It’s so effective that more than 85% of people at risk for severe disease can avoid a bad outcome with a five-day course of the prescription medication given within five days of symptoms starting.  But word of its effectiveness has been slow […]

FDA withdraws emergency use authorization of COVID drug because it is unlikely to be effective against new variants

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is withdrawing its emergency use authorization of a COVID-19 antibody therapy as a prevention tool because it is unlikely to be effective against variants that are currently circulating. Evusheld, which is made by British-Swedish pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, AstraZeneca, was first […]

Pfizer’s COVID-19 drug Paxlovid in short supply in China

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When Li’s 83-year-old father with diabetes started coughing and complaining of body aches last month, the Beijing resident became anxious about finding a treatment for COVID-19 in case his parent had caught the virus sweeping the city. He heard at that time that Pfizer’s anti-viral drug Paxlovid was an effective […]

COVID drug Paxlovid was hailed as a game-changer. What happened?

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Tablets of Paxlovid, which reduces risk of severe COVID-19, are inspected by a laboratory technician.Credit: Thomas Hansmann/AP/Shutterstock When clinical trial data for the antiviral drug Paxlovid emerged in late 2021, physicians hailed its astonishing efficacy — a reduction of nearly 90% in the risk of severe COVID-19. But more than […]

Off-Patent Liver Disease Drug Could Stop COVID-19 and Protect Against Future Variants

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  Researchers at Cambridge University have found that a previously existing, off-patent medication may be effective in preventing COVID-19 and potentially guarding against future variants of the virus. The discovery was made through a combination of experiments using mini-organs, donor organs, animal studies, and patient data. Unique experiments involved ‘mini-organs’, […]

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