New anti-viral pill to fight Covid and slash hospital cases set to be approved ...
New anti-viral pill to fight Covid and slash hospital cases set to be approved in Australia A new anti-viral drug to fight Covid-19 has been approved in the United Kingdom The pill molnupiravir will be rolled out in the UK later this month in a drug trial Australia has put out a contract for the treatment, which is pending approval
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Australia could soon be getting a new anti-viral drug to fight Covid-19 after it was recently approved in the United Kingdom.
British health authorities will soon roll out the pill molnupiravir from manufacturer Merck later this month as part of a drug trial.
Australia has put out a contract out for the treatment, but it has not been approved by the country's medical regulator.
However, infectious diseases expert at the Australian National University Professor Peter Collignon said the drug looked promising.
'I think we will get it here,' Prof Collignon told the Seven Network on Tuesday.
Drug manufacturer Merck has developed a new anti-viral pill called molnupiravir (pictured) to help fight Covid-19
