A Daily Pill to Treat Covid Could Be Just Months Away, Scientists Say

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https://khn.org/news/article/oral-antiviral-covid-treatment-on-horizon/

A Daily Pill to Treat Covid Could Be Just Months Away, Scientists Say
By JoNel Aleccia
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

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But the Kellys, who live in Seattle, had agreed just after their diagnoses to join a clinical trial at the nearby Fred Hutch cancer research center that’s part of an international effort to test an antiviral treatment that could halt covid early in its course.
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The Kellys have a role in developing what could be the world’s next chance to thwart covid: a short-term regimen of daily pills that can fight the virus early after diagnosis and conceivably prevent symptoms from developing after exposure.
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At least three promising antivirals for covid are being tested in clinical trials, with results expected as soon as late fall or winter, said Carl Dieffenbach, director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who is overseeing antiviral development.
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The top contender is a medication from Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics called molnupiravir, Dieffenbach said. This is the product being tested in the Kellys’ Seattle trial. Two others include a candidate from Pfizer, known as PF-07321332, and AT-527, an antiviral produced by Roche and Atea Pharmaceuticals.
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[NCjack]

1. But, has Bill Gates loaded it with microchips?

[zuul]

2. What? No sheep dip, bleach, or betadine?

[Binkie The Clown]

3. Unless it's intended for horses and pigs the MAGAts won't take it. nt

[appalachiablue]

4. NBC News' report, Sept, 24, 2021:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/daily-pill-treat-covid-could-be-just-months-away-scientists-n1279938