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Agencia europea aprueba píldora contra covid-19 de Merck para uso de emergencia

El medicamento todavía no ha recibido la autorización completa de comercialización

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 2, 2013, Pharmaceutical company Merck employees walk past a Merck sign in front of the company's building in Summit, New Jersey. - Merck said on October 1, 2021, it will seek authorization in the US for an oral drug for Covid-19, after the pill showed "compelling results" in a clinical trial. The experimental drug, molnupiravir, significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization or death when administered to high-risk patients early in the disease, Merck and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said in a statement. (Photo by Kena Betancur / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 2, 2013, Pharmaceutical company Merck employees walk past a Merck sign in front of the company's building in Summit, New Jersey. - Merck said on October 1, 2021, it will seek authorization in the US for an oral drug for Covid-19, after the pill showed "compelling results" in a clinical trial. The experimental drug, molnupiravir, significantly reduced the risk of hospitalization or death when administered to high-risk patients early in the disease, Merck and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said in a statement. (Photo by Kena Betancur / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP) KENA BETANCUR

Ámsterdam. La Agencia Europea de Medicamentos (EMA) anunció este viernes la aprobación en la Unión Europea (UE) de la píldora contra covid-19 de Merck para uso de emergencia, aunque ésta todavía no recibió la autorización completa de comercialización.

Por otra parte puso en marcha la evaluación de la píldora anticovid de Pfizer, en un contexto de nueva ola de contagios en Europa. Estos tratamientos de dos gigantes farmacéuticos estadounidenses son muy esperados porque los estudios indican que reducen el riesgo de hospitalización y muerte en pacientes de riesgo.

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