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China: Provisional assent for Pfizer's COVID pill

12 February

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China's National Medical Products Administration announced on Saturday it has given provisional approval for the use of Paxlovid, Pfizer Inc.'s oral treatment against COVID-19.

The agency said the pills will be given to adults with symptoms that seem that they could evolve into a riskier case of COVID-19 until the trial is concluded in full.

The vaccine against the virus Pfizer developed with BioNTech Se is currently being examined and considered for approval in China.

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