Enlarge COVID-19 patients as young as 12 can now be treated with Paxlovid, an antiviral pill developed by Pfizer , after the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization on Wednesday. “Today’s authorization introduces the first treatment for COVID-19 that is in the form of a pill that is taken orally—a major step […]
Enlarge / A Merck sign stands in front of the company’s building on October 2, 2013, in Summit, New Jersey. (credit: Getty | Kena Betancur) In a 13-to-10 vote, advisors for the Food and Drug Administration narrowly supported authorizing Merck’s Thor-inspired antiviral pill molnupiravir for use against severe COVID-19. The FDA’s panel of advisors—the Antimicrobial […]
Enlarge / A Merck sign stands in front of the company’s building on October 2, 2013, in Summit, New Jersey. (credit: Getty | Kena Betancur ) An oral antiviral drug appears to cut the risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19 by roughly 50 percent in people newly diagnosed with the particular infection and at […]
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is gambling on big pharma since the sector’s fortunes swing to the progression of a Covid-19 vaccine and therapeutics. , according to a regulatory filing Monday. Meanwhile, Buffett’s conglomerate continued to reduce stakes in financial firms, such as Wells Fargo & Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. Berkshire began snapping […]