Merck

• Merck to make its COVID-19 antiviral pill in Canada, company announces

  Merck has reached an agreement with an Ontario pharmaceutical company to make its oral COVID-19 treatment, molnupiravir, in Canada, officials said Monday.

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  Dec 6
  
• Canada secures orders of Merck, Pfizer COVID-19 antiviral pills

  Canada has announced it has signed purchasing agreements with Pfizer and Merck for their COVID-19 antiviral pills designed to treat the virus.

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  Dec 3
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• FDA panel backs Merck’s COVID-19 pill, company touts effectiveness against variants

  The Food and Drug Administration panel voted 13-10 that the antiviral drug's benefits outweigh its risks, including potential birth defects if used during pregnancy.

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  Nov 30
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• Pfizer to allow other companies to make its COVID-19 pill

  COVID-19 vaccine maker Pfizer has agreed to grant a license for its antiviral pill to the Medicines Patent Pool, which would allow other companies to make the treatment.

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  Nov 16
• U.K. says it will roll out drug trial for Merck antiviral COVID-19 pill

  Last week Britain became the first country in the world to approve the potentially game-changing COVID-19 antiviral pill.

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  Nov 7
• New Pfizer COVID-19 pill reduces hospital, death risk by 90%, company says

  Pfizer's pill to treat COVID-19 reduces the risk of hospitalization and death by nearly 90 per cent, the company said Friday when it released preliminary results.

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  Nov 5
• COVID-19 antiviral pill approved in U.K. still being reviewed by Health Canada

  Merck has been supplying data to Health Canada on a rolling basis since August, when the product was still undergoing clinical trials.

  Canada

  Nov 4
• U.K. approves Merck antiviral pill to treat COVID-19

  The U.K. is the first country to approve Merck's molnupiravir antiviral treatment for COVID-19.

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  Nov 4
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• Merck asks U.S. FDA for emergency stamp for COVID-19 tablet

  An authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could help change clinical management of COVID-19 as the pill can be taken at home.

  World

  Oct 11
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• Experimental pill fights COVID-19, drug-maker Merck claims

  Several other companies, including Pfizer and Roche, are studying similar drugs that could report results in the coming weeks and months.

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  Oct 1