Merck's antiviral pill cut the risk of hospitalization or death by roughly half in a late-stage trial, and could become a powerful tool in reining in the pandemic.
Merck cheered investors and healthcare experts alike on Friday with the news that its COVID-19 antiviral cut the risk of hospitalization or death by roughly half in a late-stage trial, and could become a powerful tool in reining in the pandemic.
Molnupiravir is a pill administered orally in capsule form every 12 hours for five days, according to clinicaltrials.gov.Through Day 29 in the Phase 3 trial, no patients given molnupiravir died, compared with the eight patients who died on the placebo. The company is now planning to submit an application for emergency-use authorization for the treatment from the Food and Drug Administration and to seek authorizations from other regulatory bodies around the world.
iframe.twitter-tweet { width: 100% !important; } iframe.twitter-tweet { width: 100% !important; } The news comes as the U.S. is averaging just under 2,000 COVID deaths a day, according to a New York Times tracker, a small improvement on the recent trend. Hospitalizations and new cases have been coming down, but the daily death rate had remained at more than 2,000 for the past few weeks.
Hospital staff, universally hailed as heroes in 2020 with nightly ovations raining down from windows and balconies, are now coming under threat from hostility, threats and violence from patients, who have become increasingly angry over safety rules aimed at stopping the spread of the virus, the Associated Press reported.
Coronavirus Update: BioNTech co-founder says COVID-19 will become manageable but may persist for several years Finland will start vaccinating minks on fur farms against COVID with an experimental vaccine, NDTV.com reported. Minks have been found to be susceptible to contracting the illness and to pass it on to humans. Last year, Denmark culled its entire mink population as a cautionary measure.
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