Merck exec says company is discussing use of COVID antiviral drug in Ebola response

Merck is in discussions with various global health authorities about making its COVID antiviral pill molnupiravir available ...

US regulator approves oral drug from Japan's Shionogi to prevent COVID-19

TOKYO, June 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Shionogi & Co said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its oral ...

Scientists say this pill could prevent COVID-19—here’s what you need to know

Plus, when it will actually be available in the U.S.
Smithsonian Magazine

This Pill Can Prevent You From Getting Covid-19 After Exposure to the Disease-Causing Virus, According to a Clinical Trial

The drug showed promising results in an international study involving nearly 2,400 participants, and the U.S. Food and Drug ...

FDA panel lays out new Covid vaccine formulation recommendation

The FDA’s outside vaccine advisers overwhelmingly recommended Thursday that the agency direct manufacturers to base their 2026-2027 formulas on the dominant XFG Covid variant.
Medscape

Ensitrelvir Earns Approval for Postexposure COVID Protection

Ensitrelvir, marketed as Xocova, works by inhibiting viral replication and is designed as a 5-day oral protective regimen, ...
WDTN

COVID pill rollout hurt by shortages as omicron rages

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two brand-new COVID-19 pills that were supposed to be an important weapon against the pandemic in the U.S. are in short supply and have played little role in the fight against the ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Pfizer's COVID-19 pill reduces risk of being hospitalized or dying by 89%, company says

NEW YORK -- A course of pills developed by Pfizer can slash the risk of being hospitalized or dying from COVID-19 by 89% if taken within three days of developing symptoms, according to results ...