Posted on 11/05/2021 9:20:18 AM PDT by Red Badger
(Reuters) – Britain becomes the first country in the world to approve a COVID antiviral pill developed by Merck
Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) recommended the drug, molnupiravir, for use in people with mild to moderate COVID-19 and at least one risk factor for developing severe illness, such as obesity, older age diabetes, and heart disease.
It will be administered as soon as possible following a positive COVID-19 test and within five days of the onset of symptoms, the regulator said, citing clinical data.
The green light is the first for an oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19 and the first for a COVID-19 drug that will be administered widely in the community. U.S. advisers will meet on Nov. 30 to review the drug’s safety and efficacy data and vote on whether molnupiravir should be authorized.
The pill, which will be branded as Lagevrio in Britain, is designed to introduce errors into the genetic code of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 and is taken twice a day for five days.
Drugs in the same class as molnupiravir have been linked to birth defects in animal studies.
Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, has said animal testing shows that molnupiravir is safe, but the data have not yet been made public.
SOURCE:
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/britain-approves-mercks-oral-covid-19-pill-2021-11-04/
Ivermectin works.
$700 dollars a dose and less effective that Merck’s now off-patent Ivermectin. Makes sense, eh! Follow the $.
Heh,
I thought the headline said Deadly....
Very useful information. some real gems in this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IeVy7jQoz0
And yeah, just take Ivermectin.
Merck screwed up ivermectin so they can charge more money at the pharmacy.
Guinea Pigs
“Drugs in the same class as molnupiravir have been linked to birth defects in animal studies.”
Will someone please queue that pic of the alien punching through the abdomen of John Hurt in Alien?
Meanwhile, watch out! Bill Gates is now looking for the WHO to spend a billion a year just on war gaming the release of smallpox at airports worldwide!
Hummmmmm, well I'll give it some thought...about 2 seconds....
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