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03-02-2023, 01:59 PM
Instead of stopping COVID-19, Merck & Co Lagevrio drug may actually help mutate the virus, according to a new, non-peer reviewed study. Merck, meanwhile, denies the accuracy of the study. Researchers from the U.S. and the U.K., including the Francis Crick Institute and Imperial College London say that the drug’s purpose of mutating the COVID genome to restrict the virus from spreading within a patient may create more mutations of the virus that can then pass to other people.
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PUBLISHED MON, SEP 25 2023 2:13 PM EDT UPDATED 5 HOURS AGO
Annika Kim Constantino
- A new study said Merck’s widely used antiviral Covid pill can cause mutations in the virus that occasionally spread to other people.
- But there is no evidence that molnupiravir, sold under the brand name Lagevrio, has produced more transmissible or severe variants of Covid, according to the study.
- The findings may increase scrutiny about the usefulness of the treatment, which was one of the first Covid drugs available to doctors worldwide during the pandemic.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/25/merck-co...says-.html
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