Coronavirus Update: FDA Tries To Control J&J’s Vaccine, Extended Use Of Paxlovid

The FDA has also moved to limit use of J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine amid reports of rare but dangerous blood clots, while Regeneron highlighted efforts to get approval for REGEN-COV in its Q1 earnings.

In response to reports of some patients taking Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 treatment, Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir), experiencing a return of the disease, CEO Albert Bourla advised in a 3 May Bloomberg interview that if that happens, they can take more of the drug. But the US Food and Drug Administration spoke out against the idea.

Bourla suggested in the interview that if patients experience a return of infection after taking a full course of Paxlovid, they can go

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