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An FDA expert panel narrowly supports the first COVID-19 pill but suggests restrictions on its use driven by safety concerns
A COVID-19 pill could prevent infected people from getting seriously sick. But the FDA panel expres…
Andrew Dunn,Andrea Michelson
Merck requests FDA authorization for its anti-COVID-19 pill, the next step towards rolling it out
The pill "significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization or death," according to the developers …
Marianne Guenot
Merck jumps 10% as the drugmaker says its antiviral pill cuts the risk of hospitalizations and deaths in COVID patients
Merck already has a deal to supply 1.7 million courses of antiviral pill molnupiravir to the US gov…
Carla Mozée
Companies are racing to develop pills to treat COVID-19
These are Insider's biggest healthcare stories for the week ending October 1.
Leah Rosenbaum
A COVID-19 pill could soon fill a gap in our pandemic response that vaccines can’t overcome
Antivirals that can be taken orally are "one more piece of the larger puzzle of solving the COVID p…
Andrew Dunn
Strides develops Favipiravir antiviral tablets; drug shows positive outcome in COVID-19 treatment
The product is currently being exported to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to treat patie…
PTI
US health authorities are reportedly preparing to allow emergency use of Gilead's antiviral remdesivir to treat coronavirus patients, following positive study results
FDA is reportedly preparing to allow emergency use of remdesivir as soon as today. The treatment he…
Andrew Dunn
Antiviral drug 'Molnupiravir' blocks COVID-19 virus within 24 hours: Study
Researchers have discovered that the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection (Covid-19) with a new antivi…
US stocks climb as progress on Merck's antiviral pill offsets new inflation data
Merck's positive drug data helped turn around US futures this morning even as core inflation saw it…
Matthew Fox
US stocks extend rebound as Omicron fears recede and early antiviral data suggests effectiveness against variant
Oil prices surged on Tuesday as investors now see little chance of Omicron disrupting the economic …
Matthew Fox
Moderna and BioNTech plummet more than 15% following news of Merck's COVID-19 antiviral pill
The antiviral drug could put a dent into the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines, as countries still strugg…
Matthew Fox
The Biden administration plans to invest $3.2 billion in COVID-19 antiviral drugs
The plan - called the Antiviral Program for Pandemics - will be funded through the American Rescue …
Natalie Musumeci
Forsythia is an herbal remedy that may have antibacterial and antiviral properties
Forsythia has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat various symptoms including nausea,…
Ashley Laderer
Cipla to sell anti-viral drug remdesivir as Cipremi in India
In May, US drug maker Gilead Sciences extended a voluntary non-exclusive license to Cipla to man…
Government to import 4.5 lakh vials of antiviral drug Remdesivir to ease its shortage in the country
The government has started importing the vital drug from other countries to ease its shortage i…
PTI
Scientists from Australia and US develop new antiviral therapy with 99.99% efficacy against COVID-19
An international team of scientists, from Australia and the US, has developed an experimental direc…
Psaki says it's 'crazy' for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to push COVID-19 antibody treatments 'that don't work'
The FDA halted monoclonal antibody treatments deemed ineffective against Omicron, which DeSantis sa…
Oma Seddiq,Bryan Metzger
Researchers at Northwestern University are working on a self-sanitizing mask design to slow the spread of pandemics like COVID-19
In March, the National Science Foundation awarded a $200,000 Rapid Response Research grant to scien…
Don Reisinger,Don Reisinger
Govt revises dosage of anti-viral drug remdesivir to be administered to coronavirus patients
The ministry advised use of dexamethasone, which is already used in a wide range of conditions for…
PTI
Antiviral drug remdesivir may be effective in stopping replication of coronavirus: ICMR
"Recently reported study on use of remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment is not a clinical trial, but …