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Oral COVID Agents

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18 years Administration Oral Oral Oral PK/PD MOA: Nirmatrelvir – inhibitor of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease Prevents viral replicationRitonavir is a CYP3A inhibitor included to increase nirmatrelvir plasma levelsRitonavir alone has NO activity against SARS-CoV-2 Time to peak: Nirmatrelvir: 3 hrs & Ritonavir: 3.98 Introduction.

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Nine for 2022: International issues that are compelling, new or changed in 2022

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The year 2020 ended on a note of hope, with the 8th December vaccination of 91-year-old Margaret Keenan, the world’s first person to receive a COVID-19 vaccine outside clinical trials. The next phase of the Covid-19 – from vaccines to treatments. Despite an estimated 9.25 Despite an estimated 9.25

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Top 20 RNAi Therapeutic Companies Based on 2022 R&D Expenditure

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This drug is currently in multiple P-IIa clinical trials and is being evaluated in combination with other antiviral agents for cHBV. ARO-AAT and ARO-APOC3 are among the highest-phase products developing under Arrowhead’s pipeline for the treatment of liver diseases. R&D Expenditure: $85.1M R&D Expenditure: $437.9M

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Pharma’s post-pandemic launch performance problem: what’s the prognosis?

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COVID vaccines and treatments have created a substantial market over and above the existing Rx market- IQVIA estimates that the cumulative value of COVID vaccines could be between $185 and 295bn to 2026. On average, launches of 2020’s cohorts both underperformed. The scope of the problem. Why the pandemic hurt launches.

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