https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/11/05/pfizer-antiviral-therapy-prevents-covid-deaths-drug-study/6284097001/
Pfizer antiviral drug could nearly end deaths from COVID-19, company study suggests
Posted on AllSides November 5th, 2021
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Merck & Co./USA Today
A new drug being developed by Pfizer offers the possibility of nearly putting an end to deaths from COVID-19.
When given within five days of the onset of symptoms, the antiviral therapy called Paxlovid, prevented almost 90% of deaths from COVID-19 compared to a placebo, a Pfizer study found.
By the end of the year, the company plans to complete two other studies of the pill, which is given twice a day for five days. Pfizer plans to submit the study data as part of its ongoing rolling submission to the Food and...
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