Pfizer’s Covid pill worked against Omicron in lab studies, a sign that it can help keep the newly infected at high risk of severe disease out of the hospital
Pfizer said Tuesday the drug’s main component, nirmatrelvir, worked in three separate laboratory studies. Patients take two tablets of nirmatrelvir with one tablet of another antiviral called ritonavir twice a day for five days.
The company issued the results by press release. The research hasn’t been published in a peer-reviewed medical journal.“These data suggest that our oral Covid-19 therapy can be an important and effective tool in our continued battle against this devastating virus and current variants of concern, including the highly transmissible Omicron,” said Mikael Dolsten, Pfizer’s chief scientific officer.in people at high risk of severe Covid-19.
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