Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2022
TGA provisionally approves two oral COVID-19 treatments, molnupiravir (Lagevrio) and nirmatrelvir and ritonavir (Paxlovid)
20 January 2022 - The TGA has granted provisional approval to two oral COVID-19 treatments: Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir, Pfizer) and Lagevrio (molnupiravir, MSD).
Both of these products, which are the first oral treatments to be approved for COVID-19 in Australia, have been granted provisional approval for the treatment of adults with COVID-19 who do not require initiation of oxygen and who are at increased risk of progression to hospitalisation or death.
