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US authorises Pfizer oral Covid-19 pill Paxlovid for home treatment | South China Morning Post

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The US Food and Drug Administration on December 22, 2021, approved the use of Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill for emergency use for treating mild-to-moderate disease in Covid-19 patients aged 12 or older. Pfizer’s clinical data shows the drug is 90 per cent effective in preventing hospitalisations and deaths in patients at h…

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