FDA authorizes 1st COVID-19 pill to protect against severe disease

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in the United States to protect against severe disease.

The authorization marks “a major step forward” in the pandemic, Dr. Patrizia Cavazzoni, director of the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement.“This authorization provides a new tool to combat COVID-19 at a crucial time in the pandemic as new variants emerge and promises to make antiviral treatment more accessible to patients who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19,” she said.

The new treatment could help ease the burden on hospitals as infections are expected to continue to surge this winter with the, already the dominant strain in the U.S. Initially, the supply of the drug is likely to be extremely limited, experts say.

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