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Human trials of oral drug underway to test effectiveness against Covid-19 – Hindustan Times
While there are currently only vaccines and no drugs for use against coronavirus, researchers are in the final stage of human trial of orally-administered antiviral…
An orally-administered antiviral drug initially developed to treat influenza can significantly decrease novel coronavirus levels in hamsters and is in the final stages of human trials, holding out promise of a pill to combat Covid-19, say researchers.
Scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US and the University of Plymouth in the UK found that MK-4482, also called Molnupiravir, was effective when provided up to 12 hours before or 12 hours after infection with SARS-CoV-2,…
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