US adds Merck pill to treat Covid after Pfizer drug approved as Omicron reaches all 50 states
US adds Merck pill to treat Covid after Pfizer drug approved as Omicron reaches all 50 states
A pill to fight Covid-19 made by Merck was approved for US use on Thursday (Picture: AFP)
US health regulators on Thursday authorized a second pill made by Merck to be used against Covid-19, one day after a competing drug from Pfizer was approved.
The Food and Drug Administration gave authorization to the second easy-to-use medication, called molnupiravir, just as Omicron infections have reached…
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