Explainer: How effective is the Covid-19 oral drug molnupiravir and how can it help Singapore? - TODAY

SINGAPORE — The prospect of popping a pill in order to treat Covid-19 made a couple of advances on Tuesday (April 19). First, one such drug, molnupiravir, was granted interim authorisation here and second, a pilot programme to prescribe another drug, paxlovid…

"At this point, MSD hasn't offered any explanation (for the drop), so we should carefully monitor upcoming data," Dr Leong said. He nonetheless welcomed the news of molnupiravir's interim approval. … [+5391 chars]

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