Antiviral drugs

Anti-Covid drug molnupiravir available from next week

Ljubljana – The anti-viral drug molnupiravir will be available for treatment of Covid-19 in Slovenia expectedly from Monday after doses for over 5,700 treatments have already arrived in the country. The medicine will be prescribed to adults, except pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers, who are likely to develop a severe form of Covid-19.

Medical ethics committee approves of anti-Covid drug Lagevrio

Ljubljana – Slovenia’s national medical ethics committee has no reservations towards Lagevrio, a medicine also known as molnupiravir. The committee maintains that the drug brings significant progress in fighting the coronavirus epidemic, as it prevents a severe course of Covid-19 or death.

The Anti-Covid “Merck” Pill turns out as not very Effective

Updated data from the experimental pill for the treatment of COVID-19 by the American company Merck & Co show that its effectiveness is significantly lower than the original report. According to preliminary data from October, "molnupiravir" reduces the risk of death and hospitalization by 50%.

Prof. Ilko Getov: Bulgarians will have Access to Anti-Covid Drugs in Tablet Form

Breakthrough in drugs against COVID-19 by oral administration, in tablet form. At this stage we have two such molecules - one is molnupiravir, the other ritonavir. This was commented in "The day begins" Prof. Ilko Getov, Bulgarian representative in the European Medicines Agency.

Clinical trials have been conducted that show the drugs have excellent efficacy, he said.

Slovenia starts using antibody treatment for Covid-19 patients

Ljubljana

The combination of two antibody treatments, casirivimab and imdevimab, is used at the request of attending physicians and at the patient’s responsibility since it currently has a temporary permit from the Slovenian Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Pages