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Study: Antiviral drugs reduce Covid death risk
The use of antiviral medications significantly lowers the risk of hospitalization and death caused by Covid-19 among older patients, according to a Greek study.
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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%.
Minister urges to ‘comply with pandemic conditions’
As Turkey's daily COVID-19 cases have been rising steadily in the past few weeks and lingering around 25,000 over the last couple of days, Turkish authorities continue to call on citizens to comply with pandemic measures.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca once again called on the people to comply "with the conditions of the fight" against the pandemic.
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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High school students reproduce a $270 malaria drug for only $2!
A group of Australian high school students remade the active ingredient for a malaria drug currently at the center of a drug-price controversy.