FDA authorizes Pfizer’s Covid treatment pill (the first oral antiviral drug cleared during the pandemic)

 

Merck’s experimental Covid-19 treatment pill, called molnupiravir

The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization Wednesday to Pfizer’s Covid treatment pill, a major milestone that promises to revolutionize the fight against the virus.

The medication, which is recommended for people at a high risk of developing severe Covid-19, could be available to patients as early as this weekend. Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told the press earlier this month the company has already shipped some of the pills to the U.S. so they can be prescribed as soon as the FDA authorization comes through. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to quickly follow suit with its seal of approval, authorizing its distribution.

The FDA cleared the pill for patients 12 and up with mild to moderate Covid who are most likely to end up hospitalized or not survive. The agency said it should be prescribed as soon as possible after diagnosis and within five days of symptom onset.

“Today’s authorization introduces the first treatment for COVID-19 that is in the form of a pill that is taken orally — a major step forward in the fight against this global pandemic,” Dr. Patrizia Cavazzoni, director of the FDA’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.”

Federal University Wukari Announces Application into her Post Graduate School

FEDERAL UNIVERSITY WUKARI

SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
OFFICE OF THE DEAN

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION INTO POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES FOR 2021/2022 ACADEMIC SESSION

Federal University Wukari (FUW) welcomes you to be part of our Post-Graduate Programme.

FUW is a 21st Century University with a vision to be a leader among world class Public Universities by:

·             Advancing knowledge through high quality ICT centric educational experiences for students;

·                 Encouraging entrepreneurship;

·              Conducting leading edge research and scholarship in all areas that promotes an intellectual environment that is anchored on the tenets of open dialogue and inquiry,

·                  A deep and abiding appreciation of the entire spectrum of human experience.

Suitably qualified applications are invited for admission into full-time Postgraduate Diploma, Masters Programmes and PhD Programmes in the Federal University Wukari for the 2021/2022 academic session.

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