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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued emergency use authorization to a second oral COVID-19 treatment. Called molnupiravir the new drug is not as effective as Pfizer’s recently approved COVID antiviral pill, and many experts suggest the … Continue reading FDA authorization of Merck COVID pill called “worst decision in its history”
The first oral treatment designed specifically for COVID-19 has been authorized for use in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Called Paxlovid, the treatment is currently recommended for those at high risk of severe COVID-19 an… Continue reading FDA authorizes first pill developed specifically to treat COVID-19
More positive data has been announced from a Phase 3 trial testing Pfizer’s novel antiviral pill developed to treat COVID-19. The final analysis revealed the five-day oral treatment reduced COVID-related hospitalizations and deaths by 89 percent in hig… Continue reading Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral pill 89% effective against hospitalization
Ahead of a U.S Food and Drug Administration advisory panel meeting, drugmaker Merck has revealed final analysis data from a Phase 3 trial testing its oral antiviral pill against COVID-19. The new data reveals the treatment is significantly less effecti… Continue reading Promising COVID-19 pill is less effective than initially reported
Pfizer’s experimental antiviral pill, developed to inhibit the replication of SARS-CoV-2 and prevent severe COVID-19, has shown extraordinary efficacy in the first data from a large Phase 2/3 clinical trial. The results, yet to be published in a peer-r… Continue reading Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill cuts hospitalization or death by nearly 90%
If last year was all about repurposing old drugs to target COVID-19 while developing vaccines, the focus of much research this year is certainly on producing novel antiviral drugs to help treat those sick with the disease. While many have reasonably fo… Continue reading The hunt for an antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 at home
If there’s one place where you don’t want viruses or harmful bacteria to be present, it’s in hospitals, where people are already vulnerable. A new process could help, by allowing aluminum surfaces in such buildings to kill the bugs.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Surface treatment makes aluminum antiviral and antibacterial
Although fresh produce is usually quite a healthy food choice, there’s always a risk that it may be contaminated with norovirus. That said, new research now indicates that a fruit-derived coating helps eliminate such viruses more effectively than ever … Continue reading Cranberry/citrus combo helps kill norovirus in fresh produce
Viruses can be tricky foes, but researchers in Europe have uncovered a new weakness that could be exploited to produce new antiviral drugs. The team discovered a compound that can prevent certain classes of viruses from infecting cells, pavin… Continue reading Exploiting a newly-discovered weakness in the cold virus opens new antiviral avenue