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Merck’s COVID-19 pill cuts risk of death, hospitalisation by half in study – Sydney Morning Herald
Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics plan to seek US emergency use authorisation for the pill as soon as possible.

Merck & Co Incs experimental oral drug for COVID-19, molnupiravir, reduced by around 50 per cent the chance of hospitalisation or death for patients at risk of severe disease, according to interim clinical trial results announced on Friday.
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