The World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed the use of Pfizer's oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment in high-risk patients after an analysis of trial data by the UN agency showed the therapy dramatically cut the risk of hospitalization.
The recommendation comes as thousands of people die of COVID-19 every week, despite a waning global infection rate. Of existing COVID-19 treatments, Pfizer's Paxlovid is by far the most potent, the WHO said. FILE PHOTO
Other therapies include Merck & Co's MRK.N rival pill molnupiravir, Gilead Sciences' GILD.O intravenous remdesivir and antibody treatments. "These therapeutics do not replace vaccination. They just give us another treatment option for those patients that do get infected that are at higher risk," said Janet Diaz, WHO lead on clinical management, referring to patients with underlying chronic conditions, the immunocompromised or unvaccinated.
These factors have caused Paxlovid supply to eclipse demand in countries where it has been available for some time. Read full story
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