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Deciphering Molnupiravir’s India Trial Discontinuation In Moderate COVID-19

 
• By Anju Ghangurde

Two Indian firms want to terminate specific Phase III trials for molnupiravir, the Merck/ Ridgeback Biotherapeutics’ antiviral in the spotlight as a treatment for mild-to-moderate COVID-19. Should much be read into these plans or is it merely an “administrative closure” that is being sought?

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Spotlight On Molnupiravir Trials • Source: Alamy

Amid buoyant expectations about the prospects of Merck & Co., Inc. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP ‘s molnupiravir in COVID-19 following some standout data, two Indian firms including licensee Aurobindo Pharma Limited have sought to stop Phase III studies for the investigational oral antiviral in patients with moderate disease creating a flutter in the country.

Things were further compounded when a report quoted an unnamed official in the Indian regulatory system as saying that the...

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