The US drug regulator FDA has approved the first corona pill. Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill.
Pfizer’s drug is intended for adults who have just tested positive for Covid-19 and belong to a risk group. Pfizer claimed in November that taking the pill reduces the risk of hospitalization by 89 percent.
Treatment with the pill lasts five days and consists of taking the drug twice a day. The pill can be given by a doctor.
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The US has bought enough pills to treat 10 million people. The FDA allows them to be used by anyone over the age of 12.
In Europe, the pill has not yet been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). However, it may be used pending final approval. However, the pill is not yet prescribed for the time being because too little is known about how it works to recommend or advise against it, said pulmonologist and chairman of the expertise team of the Federation of Medical Specialists Leon van den Toorn. last week.
Pharmaceutical company Merck, active in Europe under the name MSD, is also developing a corona pill. This drug has not yet been definitively approved in Europe and America. Like Pfizer’s pill, it may already be used by the European member states.
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