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Pfizer’s COVID treatment pill effective versus omicron variant, according to testing
MLive ^ | 12/14/2021 | MATT DURR

Posted on 12/14/2021 2:40:31 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Pfizer says testing on its planned COVID-19 treatment pill has shown it is effective against the omicron variant while also maintaining its efficacy in reducing hospitalizations and deaths caused by other variants.

According to the Associated Press, a study conducted by Pfizer on 2,250 people showed the pill reduced combined hospitalizations and deaths by about 89% among high-risk adults who took the pill shortly after noticing COVID symptoms.

Testing conducted by separate labs showed the treatment remained effective against the omicron variant, despite the pill being developed before omicron was spreading around the world. The treatment was tested against a man-made version of a key protein that omicron uses to reproduce itself, according to Pfizer and the AP.

Although the treatment has not yet been approved, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to make a decision soon on whether or not the pill will be approved. If the FDA grants approval, it will become the first COVID-19 treatment that Americans would be able to pick up from a pharmacy.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: chinavirustreatment; covid; omicron; paxlovid; pfizer; pfizerpill; pill
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To: SeekAndFind

First the AP reports that they fact checked their own report disproving voter fraud, and now Pfizer reports that they fact checked their own tests and cconfirmed their new COVID pills are both safe an effective.

OK. Guess that’s just about all the proof I need. 🙄


21 posted on 12/14/2021 3:54:11 PM PST by Qui is (Biden spews https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4020201/postsHarris swallows. )
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To: SeekAndFind

I have the impression that doing nothing at all is effective against the omicron variant.


22 posted on 12/14/2021 4:00:47 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Leep

RE: It’s called Iverpectin.

OR maybe Pfizermectin. 😅😆


23 posted on 12/14/2021 4:01:51 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: the OlLine Rebel

RE: And who made ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine?

These two drugs are generic now after decades of successful use.

Numerous drug companies ( mostly in Asia ) make them today.


24 posted on 12/14/2021 4:04:38 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Steve_Seattle

I think I would like to catch this one, if I am not already immune.


25 posted on 12/14/2021 4:08:28 PM PST by wgmalabama (We will find out if the Vac or virus risk was the correct choice - can we put truth above narrativel)
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To: SeekAndFind
I wouldn't take any new drugs offered by big pharma unless it's been around for a while and available in generic form.

Big Pharma is making billions with the so called vaccines whose only proven effectiveness is making big money for them.

26 posted on 12/14/2021 4:10:03 PM PST by rllngrk33 (It seems the soap box and ballot box have failed, it might be time for the bullet box.)
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To: ETCM; upchuck
They are both small molecule drugs, but the molecules are not remotely similar.

That is true but both Pfizer's pill and Ivermectin are protease inhibitors. They both fight Covid by employing the same physiological affect on viral replication.

27 posted on 12/14/2021 4:36:54 PM PST by TigersEye (Ray Epps didn't kill himself.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yes, but “Big Evil Pharma” is almost always the originator.

I’m not crazy about all this COVID hysteria, but I’m not big on going in for the commie handle of “companies evil”, either.


28 posted on 12/14/2021 4:38:49 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Correction: Only Big Pharma drug$ that are $till under patent are allowed.


29 posted on 12/14/2021 5:04:25 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: SeekAndFind

Isn’t this Pfizer drug an expensive repackaged ivermectin?


30 posted on 12/14/2021 5:37:12 PM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
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