Since the beginning of Coronavirus Novel, a drug manufacturing company has been looking for ways to curb the spread of the virus and to minimize the implications of Covid-19 infection.
While the launch of the Coronavirus vaccine was a big milestone in our fight against a virus, Covid antivirus drugs had become a recent city talks.
According to the Regional Director of the World Health Organization for Europe Hans Kluge, new drugs against Covid-19 will significantly increase survival opportunities for Coronavirus patients in severe conditions in 2022
The European Medicine Agency, European Union Narcotics Regulators has recommended the use of two Covid-19 antivirus pills – Pfizer Paxlovid and Molnupiravir Merck – ahead of their formal approval.
“I was also driven by new anti-viral drugs that tended to come to the market in 2022, which would greatly increase the chances of survival of patients who ended in hospitals with severe Covid-19,” Kluge was quoted as saying for Tass Agent news.
Both Paxlovid and Molnupiravir have been shown to reduce the opportunities for hospitalization or death from Covid-19 in high-risk patients amounting to 89 percent and 30 percent respectively.
Kluge also emphasizes that the next generation vaccine will be more effective against new strains that arise.
“I can’t predict the future.
But it should be noted that the current vaccine is the first generation of Covid-19 vaccine.
Future vaccines will be adapted and adapted to new or new variants, thus making them more effective.
“It’s no different from what has happened with the influenza vaccine, which is adjusted to the new flu strain almost every year,” he said.
According to Pfizer, the Lab test shows Paxlovid continues to work against the omicron variant that spreads rapidly.
Albert Bourla’s CEO estimates that pills can avoid 1,200 deaths and 6,000 inpatients for every 100,000 covid patients who take pills.
Authorization for Molnupiravir is limited to adults over 18 years who have a high risk of severe disease and “for whom the official FDA treatment options cannot be accessed or medically appropriate,” said Food and Drug Administration US in a statement.
It is also not recommended for use in pregnant people.
Both Pfizer and Merck pills must be taken early, within 3-5 days get Covid, and need several pills, several times a day for five days.
(With input from IANs)