Japan’s Shionogi Says COVID-19 Pill Shows Rapid Clearance of Virus

Japan’s Shionogi Says COVID-19 Pill Shows Rapid Clearance of Virus
Pedestrians wearing protective face masks amid COVID-19 walk at a shopping district in Tokyo, on March 22, 2022. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
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TOKYO—An experimental treatment from Shionogi & Co. Ltd. has shown rapid clearance of the virus that causes COVID-19, according to new data, the Japanese drug maker said on Sunday.

The pill, S-217622, “demonstrated rapid clearance of the infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus”, Shionogi said in a statement, citing Phase-2b results from the Phase II/III clinical trial of the drug.