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US adds Merck pill as 2nd easy-to-use drug against COVID-19

Dec 23, 2021 11:44 AM EST

Associated Press,

U.S. regulators have authorized a second pill against COVID-19, an antiviral drug from Merck that may help blunt the wave of infections driven by the omicron variant.

Merck asks US FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill

By Matthew Perrone

Oct 11, 2021 12:10 PM EDT

Associated Press,

Drugmaker Merck asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its pill for treating COVID-19 in what would add an entirely new and easy-to-use weapon to the world’s arsenal against the pandemic.