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                                <title><![CDATA[ WHO-led programme aims to buy Covid-19 pills for US$10, document shows ]]></title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[ The price is very low if compared with the US$700 per course that the US has agreed to pay for 1.7 million courses of Merck's molnupiravir pills. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Merck Covid-19 pill sparks calls for access for lower income countries ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:00:57 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Merck says deal inked with Singapore on Covid-19 antiviral pill ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 04:07:29 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Molnupiravir is designed to introduce errors into the genetic code of the virus and would be the first oral antiviral medication for Covid-19. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ EU could start review of Merck Covid pill ‘in days’ ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2021 00:12:21 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Merck pill has been hailed as a possible breakthrough because until now Covid therapeutics have been administered intravenously. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Malaysia among countries in talks for Merck’s anti-Covid pills ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:31:37 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Thailand, South Korea and Taiwan also say they are in talks to buy Merck's experimental antiviral pill. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Merck’s Covid pill hailed after cutting hospitalisations by 50% ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2021 01:28:51 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Efficacy was said to hold up against variants of concern, including Delta, and the drug had a good safety profile. ]]></description>
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