LOS ANGELES, May 4( Xinhua)--Anti-COVID-19 pill Paxlovid could reduce risks for COVID-19 related hospitalization, and early treatment with Paxlovid and other available authorized therapeutics could make a difference for high-risk patients, according to health experts. Paxlovid is now widely available at community pharmacies in the United States, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration( FDA) on Wednesday." There is strong scientific evidence that it reduces the risk of hospitalization and deat

The newly approved Covid pill developed by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals has been given the brand name Paxlovid. However, there are concerns that it could cause serious side effects when taken with other drugs such as satins which are used to deal with cholesterol, blood thinners and antidepressants. According to reports by US-based NBC News," when Paxlovid is combined with other drugs that are also metabolised by the CYP3A enzyme, the main concern is that ritonavir may increase the co-administered dru

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorisation for a pill made by Pfizer that can be used to treat Covid-19.... The agency issued the statement on Wednesday, announcing that Paxlovid, a Pfizer produced pill, could be used to treat mild-to-moderate Covid-19 in adults and children 12 years and older, so long as they have tested positive for the virus and are at high risk of severe Covid symptoms.... “ Today’s authorization introduces the first treatment for Covid-1

WASHINGTON, United States:( AFP) Pfizer said on Tuesday( Dec 14) that clinical trials confirmed its Covid-19 pill – a new type of treatment that should withstand the mutations seen with the Omicron variant – drastically reduced hospitalisations and deaths among at-risk people by almost 90%. The announcement, which was praised by US President Joe Biden, came as a real-world study from South Africa showed two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was 70% effective in stopping severe illness from th