The U.S. government has agreed to purchase 1.4 million more courses of molnupiravir, Merck’s experimental COVID-19 antiviral drug, for roughly $1 billion, the drugmaker said Nov. 9. The deal is ...
The antiviral pill can be taken at home. More countries will have access to Merck & Co’s COVID-19 pill. The deal backed by the United Nations will allow nearly 30 drugmakers in Asia, Africa and the ...
The first pill shown to treat COVID-19 has moved one step closer to being available to the public. The pharmaceutical company Merck requested FDA emergency authorization Monday for their COVID-19 ...
The Medicines Patent Pool on Jan. 20 said it had signed agreements with 27 generic drugmakers to manufacture molnupiravir — Merck’s COVID-19 antiviral — to advance accessibility in 105 developing ...
The FDA said Friday that Merck's anti-COVID-19 pill is effective in treating the virus but said that regulators will meet next week to investigate whether the pill is safe for people who are pregnant ...