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TopicMolnupiravir

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

Trump threatened to redraw the map. Greenland deal shows the limits of his disruption

Swasti Rao -
The bargain was never sovereignty in exchange for security. It was extensive American military freedom inside continuing Danish sovereignty.

Siddharth in Lust Stories 3 shows Bollywood’s men have come a long way since shirtless Salman

Alfred Cooke is the Bull who cooked the PAF’s goose. He deserved more than a Vir Chakra

Economy

Tiruppur’s success runs on cheap cotton. India needs to ask who pays for it

Bidisha Bhattacharya -
Repeated changes in cotton import duty have prioritised textile competitiveness when mills face high input costs. But policy can also put pressure on farmgate prices.

Defence

At Tejas trainer handover, Rajnath warns delays can lead to ‘technology obsoletion’

Snehesh Alex Philip -
HAL finally closes 2010 Tejas order but work remains on Mk1A and the first delivery is unlikely before IAF chief retires end of October.

National Interest

Bangladesh isn’t a mirror image of Pakistan. Hyphenating them undermines India’s strategic interests

Shekhar Gupta -
India is caught in a trap of its own making. While BJP may find it convenient to play on insecurities, it gives Pakistan and Bangladesh leverage.

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