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Serbian gov't signs MoU with pharmaceuticals company MSD
BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic and the senior vice president of the pharmaceuticals firm Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD), Cyril Schiever, signed on Wednesday a MoU that will be significant for Serbia's future BIO4 Campus research centre.
Brnabic thanked MSD for supporting "our efforts to make Serbia a leader in biotechnology, biomedicine, bioresearch and bioinformatics."
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%.
Pfizer's Covid Drug May be Available in Early 2022
Pfizer UK managing director Ben Osborne said on Tuesday that the pharmaceutical company's Covid-19 drug, Paxlovid, could be available in the UK "very early in 2022".
Meanwhile, Merck's coronavirus pill, Molnupiravir, will be released as part of a UK trial in late November.
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Coronavirus: Greece to receive today 2,000 monoclonal antibodies against Covid
At the same time, the procedures for the supply of the antiviral pill of the Merck company are progressing
Pfizer has Announced a Promising Treatment with Pills against COVID-19
Tests of experimental antiviral treatment against COVID-19 by the American company "Pfizer" (Pfizer) in the form of a pill have proved so promising that they have been shortened. The reason is that it reduced by 89% the risk of hospitalization or death in adults at risk of developing a severe form of the disease.
Merck seeks FDA approval for Covid-19 pill
Merck said it is asking for authorisation for the capsules to treat infected adults who are at risk of progressing to severe Covid-19 disease or hospitalisation
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