President Joe Biden announced Tuesday a doubling of US government purchases of new Pfizer therapeutic pills designed to combat the worst effects of Covid-19.
After reviewing all applications and data on antiviral pills, the SEC, a body under India s drug regulator, will be meeting today for antiviral pill Molnupiravir recommendations.
South Korea authorised for emergency use Pfizer's antiviral pills targeting COVID19 as the first of its kind to be introduced in South Korea, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.
family. listen, we ve all been there. we ll discuss that coming up next. first, here s a look at today s headlines. good morning, everybody. i m lindsey reiser with an msnbc update on this christmas morning. as of yesterday, more than 2,000 flights were cancelled to, from and within the u.s. as covid-19 cases surge across the globe. the u.s. currently has a seven-day average of 122,300 cases. 72% of those are the new omicron variant. the biden administration says it will lift its travel restrictions on eight countries in southern africa on new year s eve. it was first put in place when omicron emerged. on wednesday the fda approved the first antiviral covid pill in hopes of avoiding severe complications or even hospitalization. that s a quick look at today s
US pharma giants Merck and Pfizer have announced encouraging results for oral aniviral pills, in what could open up a new chapter in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.