Philippines approves emergency use of Pfizer's COVID drug Paxlovid

This handout file photo provided on November 16, 2021, courtesy of Pfizer shows the making of its experimental Covid-19 antiviral pills, Paxlovid, in Freiburg, Germany.

Handout / Pfizer / AFP

MANILA, Philippines — The country’s Food and Drug Administration has given emergency use authorization to Pfizer’s COVID-19 drug Paxlovid, its chief said Friday.

According to FDA officer-in-charge Oscar Gutierrez, the drug regulator approved the emergency use of the oral antiviral pill on Thursday.

The FDA cleared Paxlovid for “the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults aged 18 and above, and who are at increased risk for progression to severe COVID-19,” the authorization uploaded on the agency’s website read.

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