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                                <title><![CDATA[ Licencing deals struck for cheaper Pfizer Covid pill ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:55:48 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ However, large countries like Brazil, China, Malaysia and Thailand will be left out. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ EU agency backs Pfizer Covid pill for emergency use ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 00:00:30 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The European Medicines Agency says the drug can be used to treat adults who do not require supplemental oxygen and who are at increased risk of progressing to severe disease. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Pfizer says Covid-19 pill near 90% effective in final analysis ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:49:07 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Recent lab data suggests the drug retains its effectiveness against the fast spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Conditional approval given for antibody Covid treatment ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 02:04:45 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The health ministry has also approved a request from Merck for a clinical trial import licence for its Covid-19 pill Molnupiravir. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Merck’s Covid-19 pill shows lower efficacy in updated data ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2021 01:00:49 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The pill shows a 30% reduction in hospitalisations and deaths based on data from over 1,400 patients, compared to about 50% in October based on data from 775 patients. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Pfizer strikes global licensing deal for Covid pill ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 14:48:38 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Pfizer will sub-licence production of its Paxlovid pill to generic drug manufacturers for supply in 95 low- and middle-income nations covering around 53% of the world's population. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Pfizer to conduct trials of antiviral Covid pill in Russia ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:32:05 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The trials conducted on 90 people located in home-like conditions with someone who has symptomatic Covid-19 began on Nov 12 and will continue until March 2023. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Covid-19 pills are coming but no substitute for vaccines, disease experts say ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/out-there-now/2021/11/09/covid-19-pills-are-coming-but-no-substitute-for-vaccines-disease-experts-say</link>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2021 00:23:19 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Doctors warn vaccine hesitant people not to confuse the benefit of the treatments with prevention afforded by vaccines. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ How does Merck’s Covid-19 pill compare to Pfizer’s? ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2021 00:51:30 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Both drugs are being studied to see if they can prevent infection in people exposed to the virus. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Covid-19 pill to be given for free to symptomatic or late-stage patients ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2021 10:31:05 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin says the treatment pills are necessary in addition to the vaccination programme. ]]></description>
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