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FDA Authorizes Pfizer’s Paxlovid, First Oral Therapy for COVID-19
Given within three days of symptom onset, the pill combination was nearly 90 percent effective at preventing high-risk patients from developing severe illness in a clinical study.
FDA Authorizes Pfizer’s Paxlovid, First Oral Therapy for COVID-19
FDA Authorizes Pfizer’s Paxlovid, First Oral Therapy for COVID-19

Given within three days of symptom onset, the pill combination was nearly 90 percent effective at preventing high-risk patients from developing severe illness in a clinical study.

Given within three days of symptom onset, the pill combination was nearly 90 percent effective at preventing high-risk patients from developing severe illness in a clinical study.

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