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FDA authorizes Merck’s Covid-19 pill, but stresses its use should be limited

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  • cafead   Dec 23, 2021 at 12:12: PM
via The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted emergency authorization to Merck’s molnupiravir, an antiviral pill shown to reduce hospitalization and death in cases of Covid-19, but only in cases where other FDA-authorized Covid treatments are not accessible or clinically appropriate.

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