Merck/Ridgeback’s COVID-19 Drug Molnupiravir Met EUA Bar, But More Data Needed For Full Approval – US FDA

Reviewers believed it was worth making the oral antiviral available for second-line use under the relatively low bar for emergency authorization despite the drug’s significant potential risks, ‘modest benefit’ and ‘unexplained difference’ in efficacy results from the interim and full analysis populations in the pivotal trial.