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Molnupiravir

October 6 , 2021 1060 days 739 0
  • Molnupiravir has reduced the chances of hospitalisation by half among COVID-19 patients with mild or moderate symptoms.
  • This is according to the pharmaceutical company “Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics”
  • Molnupiravir drug has been named as ‘EIDD 2801’ by the company.
  • Here ‘E’ indicates it was developed at Emory University of USA.
  • The antiviral drugs work by inhibiting a process by which the virus replicates.

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