Covid Treatment Development
10-01-2021, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Merck "tamiflu" equivalent treatment cuts risk of hospitilization & death by 50% in trials...
https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...dy-2021-10-01/
https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...dy-2021-10-01/
Good news, if it all checks out.
The one small problem of cheap, readily available FDA-approved (uh-oh) Covid tests still remains.
10-05-2021, 06:38 AM
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Another from AZ, proposed for EUA. This one is more of a anti-body preventative...
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ast...19-2021-10-05/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ast...19-2021-10-05/
10-11-2021, 06:39 AM
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Merck to seek EUA for oral treatment...
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mer...ll-2021-10-11/
AZ anti-body treatment reduces death by 50%...
https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...al-2021-10-11/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mer...ll-2021-10-11/
AZ anti-body treatment reduces death by 50%...
https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...al-2021-10-11/
10-29-2021, 01:53 AM
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Anti-depressant with anti-inflammatory properties identified as possible covid treatment. It's a pill, and it's cheap (unlike mono-clonal antibodies).
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/28/10502...d-19-treatment
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/28/10502...d-19-treatment
11-04-2021, 05:44 AM
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UK approves Merck pill for at-risk covid patients...
https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...ll-2021-11-04/
https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...ll-2021-11-04/
11-04-2021, 05:37 PM
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Frankfurt (AFP) – The World Health Organization expressed "grave concern" Thursday over the rising pace of coronavirus infections in Europe, as Germany registered its biggest daily increase since the start of the pandemic.
"We are, once again, at the epicentre," WHO Europe director Hans Kluge told a press conference.
He warned that according to "one reliable projection" the current trajectory would mean "another half a million Covid-19 deaths" by February.
Alarm bells were ringing especially in Germany, the European Union's most populous country, where the number of new cases over the past 24 hours soared to almost 34,000 on Thursday -- an all-time high, according to the Robert Koch Institute health agency.
Meanwhile Britain on Thursday became the first country in the world to approve the use of Merck's anti-Covid pill to treat patients suffering from mild to moderate coronavirus infections.
Health minister Sajid Javid called the molnupiravir antiviral "a game-changer for the most vulnerable and the immunosuppressed".
"We are, once again, at the epicentre," WHO Europe director Hans Kluge told a press conference.
He warned that according to "one reliable projection" the current trajectory would mean "another half a million Covid-19 deaths" by February.
Alarm bells were ringing especially in Germany, the European Union's most populous country, where the number of new cases over the past 24 hours soared to almost 34,000 on Thursday -- an all-time high, according to the Robert Koch Institute health agency.
Meanwhile Britain on Thursday became the first country in the world to approve the use of Merck's anti-Covid pill to treat patients suffering from mild to moderate coronavirus infections.
Health minister Sajid Javid called the molnupiravir antiviral "a game-changer for the most vulnerable and the immunosuppressed".
11-05-2021, 05:44 AM
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WSJ reporting very good early trial data for pfizer's pill.
89% reduction in hospitalization and death if taken within three days of symptom onset. Much mo betta than Merck's pill.
Both drugs may be approved by year-end.
EDIT: non-paywall article...
https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...89-2021-11-05/
89% reduction in hospitalization and death if taken within three days of symptom onset. Much mo betta than Merck's pill.
Both drugs may be approved by year-end.
EDIT: non-paywall article...
https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...89-2021-11-05/
11-05-2021, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
WSJ reporting very good early trial data for pfizer's pill.
89% reduction in hospitalization and death if taken within three days of symptom onset. Much mo betta than Merck's pill.
Both drugs may be approved by year-end.
EDIT: non-paywall article...
https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...89-2021-11-05/
89% reduction in hospitalization and death if taken within three days of symptom onset. Much mo betta than Merck's pill.
Both drugs may be approved by year-end.
EDIT: non-paywall article...
https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...89-2021-11-05/
"Paxlovid" - aka, "Peace, Love, id" Cheeky.
Jeebus.
11-05-2021, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux
$700 for the Pfizer pill treatment.
"Paxlovid" - aka, "Peace, Love, id" Cheeky.
Jeebus.
"Paxlovid" - aka, "Peace, Love, id" Cheeky.
Jeebus.
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