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In final analysis, Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill remains highly effective

Final study results show Pfizer’s experimental COVID-19 pill remained as effective as indicated by preliminary data last month, a major relief after promising data for …

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New Merck study results raise questions about its COVID pill

Final trial data for molnupiravir were less convincing than what Merck previously reported and could alter how the FDA views the drug. New study results …

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Pfizer will allow generic drugmakers to produce promising COVID-19 pill

Pfizer is sharing rights to make its COVID-19 pill even as it closely guards the recipe for its coronavirus vaccine, which has mostly been supplied …

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Pfizer asks FDA to authorize COVID-19 pill

Pfizer’s pill is the second oral drug for COVID-19 to be proven strongly effective in large, placebo-controlled clinical trials after Merck’s molnupiravir, which early in …

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Roche cuts ties with Atea after COVID-19 pill’s trial failure

Roche’s seeming lack of confidence in the future of AT-527 appears to be weighing on investors. Atea shares, which soared above $88 in February 2021, …

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US pays $1B to nearly double supply of Merck’s COVID-19 pill

Merck is now in a race with Pfizer to capture the upside of COVID-19 pills, which could soon play an outsized role in the next …

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Merck agrees to license COVID-19 pill widely through pact with patent group

Merck’s pill has the potential to alter the course of the pandemic. Earlier this month, the company and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics released data showing molnupiravir …

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