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Topic: Molnupiravir

WHO adds Pfizer’s 2-drug antiviral Paxlovid to Covid recommendations for high-risk patients

Mohana Basu -
WHO Guideline Development Group recommends oral drug Paxlovid for patients with non-severe Covid-19 who are at high risk of hospitalisation.

Panic stockpiling of Molnupiravir can result in similar harm seen last summer. Govt must regulate

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Antiviral Molnupiravir not in govt Covid protocol, but ‘millions of doses’ distributed in a week

Mohana Basu -
Pharma companies say doctors working in community settings have begun pre-ordering the drug, several manufacturers gearing up to meet demand.

Week since Molnupiravir was approved for Covid use, few doctors prescribing it, want to wait

Abantika Ghosh -
Doctors say Molnupiravir may help keep people out of hospitals, but there are concerns about its ability to cause mutation as well as its prescribed dose.

Merck Covid pill raises new hope of reducing hospitalisation & death by up to 50%

Simrin Sirur -
Molnupiravir is an oral antiviral medicine meant to be taken by patients soon after symptoms manifest themselves, says Merck citing interim data

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Opinion

Maach & mutton for Mission Bengal. What BJP-TMC are cooking in new poll battleground

Stela Dey -
The stereotype of the fish-loving Bengali has now become a contested political site and both the BJP and TMC know it. And the voters do too.

Casteism didn’t disappear in Indian cities. It just learned English

India’s endless loop of babas is powered by daddy issues, mythology. And now social media

Economy

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Alex Gabriel Simon Thattil -
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

Defence

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

Keshav Padmanabhan -
UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

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