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FDA autoriza la píldora contra covid-19 de Pfizer

Medicamento reduce hospitalizaciones y muertes entre las personas en riesgo en un 88 %.

(FILES) This file handout photo provided to AFP on November 16, 2021 courtesy of Pfizer shows the making of its experimental Covid-19 antiviral pills inside his laboratory in Freiburg, Germany. - Pfizer said today that it will sell 10 million Covid-19 treatment courses for�Covid-19 to the US government for $5.3 billion, pending approval from regulators. The pharmaceutical giant asked the US Food and Drug Administration on November 16, 2021 for emergency use authorization for its Paxlovid pill which has been shown to cut hospitalization or death by nearly 90 percent among newly-infected high risk patients. (Photo by Handout / Pfizer / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Pfizer " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
(FILES) This file handout photo provided to AFP on November 16, 2021 courtesy of Pfizer shows the making of its experimental Covid-19 antiviral pills inside his laboratory in Freiburg, Germany. - Pfizer said today that it will sell 10 million Covid-19 treatment courses for�Covid-19 to the US government for $5.3 billion, pending approval from regulators. The pharmaceutical giant asked the US Food and Drug Administration on November 16, 2021 for emergency use authorization for its Paxlovid pill which has been shown to cut hospitalization or death by nearly 90 percent among newly-infected high risk patients. (Photo by Handout / Pfizer / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Pfizer " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS HANDOUT

Washington. La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) autorizó este miércoles la píldora contra la covid-19 de Pfizer, un paso importante en la lucha contra la pandemia, ya que da acceso a un tratamiento a millones de enfermos.

“La autorización de hoy presenta el primer tratamiento contra el covid-19 en forma de píldora que se toma por vía oral”, afirmó la científica de la FDA, Patrizia Cavazzoni, en un comunicado.

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