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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Damon Cronshaw

New antiviral COVID-19 oral treatments are on the way

Supply Side: Professor Peter Wark says there is a limited supply of the two new antiviral drugs for COVID.

New antiviral drugs to fight COVID-19 are on the way, with meetings held this week among NSW health officials to decide who will receive the medication.

Medical experts hope the two oral drugs - nirmatrelvir/ritonavir [brand name Paxlovid, made by Pfizer] and molnupiravir [brand name Lagevrio, made by Merck Sharpe and Dohme] - will save lives.

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