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Coronavirus Notebook: Australia OKs Paxlovid, Lagevrio & Nuvaxovid, New Sputnik Data Show ‘Strong Protection’ Against Omicron

 
• By Ian Schofield

International regulators have broadened their discussions on the possible use of bivalent and multivalent vaccines, and the French presidency of the Council of the EU has called for “international solidarity” on vaccine provision.

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Tackling the pandemic requires global collaboration • Source: Alamy

Three more products are now available for use against SARS-CoV-2 infection in Australia after the Therapeutic Goods Administration provisionally approved Novavax, Inc.’s Nuvaxovid vaccine and two COVID-19 treatments: Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) and Lagevrio (molnupiravir), from Pfizer Inc. and MSD/Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP respectively.

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