Pfizer Asks Food and Drug Administration to Authorize COVID-19 Pill

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Pfizer on Tuesday said it submitted a request for emergency clearance for a pill designed to treat COVID-19.

The treatment, known as Paxlovid, is meant to keep COVID-19 patients with mild or moderate symptoms out of hospitals.