Pfizer’s Covid Pill Works Well, Company Confirms in Final Analysis

The treatment, called Paxlovid, is likely to work against Omicron and could be available in the United States before the end of the year.

Pfizer’s Covid Pill Works Well, Company Confirms In Final Analysis

The New York Times – by Carl Zimmer and Rebecca Robbins

Pfizer announced on Tuesday that its Covid pill was found to stave off severe disease in a key clinical trial and that it is likely to work against the highly mutated Omicron variant of the virus. The results underscore the promise of the treatment, which health officials and doctors are counting on, to ease the burden on hospitals as the United States braces for a mounting fourth wave of the pandemic.

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