FDA Likely To Approve COVID Treatment Pills This Week

Bloomberg News reports:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is poised to authorize a pair of pills from Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. to treat Covid-19 as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter — a milestone in the fight against the pandemic that will soon expand therapies for the ill.

An announcement may come as early as Wednesday, according to three of the people. They asked not to be identified ahead of the authorization and cautioned that the plan could change. Pfizer’s pill, Paxlovid, and Merck’s molnupiravir are intended for higher-risk people who test positive for Covid.

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Authorization would be the “biggest thing to happen in the pandemic after vaccines,” @EricTopol said.https://t.co/zTNlg4z4P1

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