Paxlovid, the five-day antiviral treatment for covid, may not reduce the risk of covid-related hospitalizations and all-cause deaths in vaccinated older adults, a new study suggests. Paxlovid ...

What do you do? Specifically, what's the role of antivirals? You might have heard about a drug called Paxlovid. Well, Paxlovid is a pill that you take by mouth, as opposed to some other therapies ...

US biotech Enanta Pharma has filed a lawsuit against Pfizer, claiming that its oral antiviral for COVID-19 Paxlovid infringes one of its patents and seeking damages from the pharma giant.

THURSDAY, March 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The antiviral drug Paxlovid may not offer much protection against COVID-related hospitalizations or deaths for vaccinated older adults after all.

Treatment with Paxlovid in older adults did not appear to make a difference in whether or not they were hospitalized because of COVID-19. Over a 9-month time span starting in April 2022 ...

On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took the unusual step of authorizing pharmacists to directly prescribe antiviral medication Paxlovid to patients testing positive for COVID-19.