Pfizer Shares Surge After Release Of Miracle COVID Pill That Is 89% Effective At Preventing Hospitalization
The key takeaway from the Pfizer announcement is this: Pfizer said studies showed its COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients by 89%. That s even higher than the 50% reduction in hospitalizations and deaths shown by the Merck pill. Again, like Merck, Pfizer said that it was no longer taking new patients in a clinical trial of the treatment due to the overwhelming efficacy of the drug, which it now plans to submit its findings to the FDA for emergency authorization (just like Merck is doing). Yesterday, Merck won approval for its new COVID antiviral, molnupiravir, from regulators in the UK, and it s pushing to wrack up as many EUAs as possible from regulators from all over.
If there’s a pill that’s so effective against the covid (as they say), why does everyone need to take the vaccine again?