Japan’s Shionogi Seeks Approval for COVID-19 Pill

Japan’s Shionogi Seeks Approval for COVID-19 Pill
People wearing protective masks walk at Shibuya district in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2022. Behrouz Mehri/AFP via Getty Images
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TOKYO—Drugmaker Shionogi & Co. Ltd. has applied for approval to make and sell its oral COVID-19 treatment in Japan, the firm said on Friday.

Known as S-217622, the drug would become the country’s third antiviral pill approved for coronavirus patients, following those developed by Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co..