Japanese Company Says New Oral COVID-19 Drug Ensitrelvir Achieves Primary Endpoint

Japanese Company Says New Oral COVID-19 Drug Ensitrelvir Achieves Primary Endpoint
A medical staffer shows tablets containing chloroquine, a drug that has shown signs of effectiveness against the virus that causes COVID-19, in Marseille, France, on Feb. 26, 2020. Gerard Julien/AFP/Getty Images
Ellen Wan
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Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi’s new oral COVID-19 drug has achieved the primary endpoint in a clinical trial, the company announced in September.

From February to July, Shionogi conducted a clinical trial with 1,821 people to evaluate ensitrelvir fumaric acid (S-217622), the oral drug the company developed in February. The subjects were not at risk for other diseases and had been vaccinated.

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