Pfizer says experimental COVID pill PAXLOVID reduces risk of hospitalization, deathPfizer said its experimental COVID pill reduces the risk of hospitalization or death by 89%.
New COVID treatment pill closer to being availableA new antiviral coronavirus treatment pill is close to being made available to patients. The pill works to reduce the progression of severe symptoms and hospitalizations.
FDA unlikely to rule on Merck's COVID pill before DecemberThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration will ask its outside experts to review Merck's pill to treat COVID-19 at a meeting in late November.
Merck asks FDA for emergency use authorization for COVID-19 pillDrugmaker Merck asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its pill for treating COVID-19 in what would add an entirely new and easy-to-use weapon to the worldโs arsenal against the pandemic.