Singapore inks deal for Merck antiviral pill to treat Covid-19 and its variants

[UltimaOnline]

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https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/s...ntiviral-pill-treat-covid-19-and-its-variants

 

[tobelightlight]

you kanna conned by the govt to take poison jab vaccine and now you will kanna conned again to take whatever pill that is?
NO WAY!!!

In order to protect yourself, just do the opposite what the govt tells you to do.

Take pill? NO WAY!!! Take Vaccine? NO WAy!! wear mask?? NO WAY!!!!

 

[Loofydralb]

Wonder whose pockets now...?

And Ms Jinx already unloaded Pfizer and BioNtech and Moderna?

Hey @dredd of dredge and @porcaputtana or porcupukimak
Your mRNA not working

 

[parrardee]

Shushhh, retards should be quiet and speak only when spoken to.

you kanna conned by the govt to take poison jab vaccine and now you will kanna conned again to take whatever pill that is?
NO WAY!!!

In order to protect yourself, just do the opposite what the govt tells you to do.

Take pill? NO WAY!!! Take Vaccine? NO WAy!! wear mask?? NO WAY!!!!

 

[syed putra]

The pill cost 10 times more than most expensive vaccine. Pfizer.

 

[gingerlyn]

where can I buy these pills? i want to take these pills every day.

 

[Rogue Trader]

Use on the bangla workers first. Use dorm cluster as excuse

 

[laksaboy]

Many kiasu and kiasi Sinkies will rush for it, similar to how they rushed for McDonalds Hello Kitty and a cheap Huawei phone.

 

[laksaboy]

where can I buy these pills? i want to take these pills every day.

It will be more convenient if they can be sold at TCM shops without requiring a prescription, and put inside easy-to-carry bottles.

 

[dredd]

Wonder whose pockets now...?

And Ms Jinx already unloaded Pfizer and BioNtech and Moderna?

Hey @dredd of dredge and @porcaputtana or porcupukimak
Your mRNA not working

My pocket lah.. My pharma and healthcare clients are currently the biggest money spinners for me.

 

[kryonlight]

Merck's COVID 'Super Drug' Poses Cancer And Birth Defect Risks​

Some scientists who have studied the drug warn, however, that the method it uses to kill the virus that causes Covid-19 carries potential dangers that could limit the drug’s usefulness.

Molnupiravir works by incorporating itself into the genetic material of the virus, and then causing a huge number of mutations as the virus replicates, effectively killing it. In some lab tests, the drug has also shown the ability to integrate into the genetic material of mammalian cells, causing mutations as those cells replicate.

If that were to happen in the cells of a patient being treated with molnupiravir, it could theoretically lead to cancer or birth defects.

Schinazi told Barron’s that he did not believe that molnupiravir should be given to pregnant women, or to young people of reproductive age, until more data is available. Merck’s trials of molnupiravir have excluded pregnant women; the scientists running the trial asked male participants to “abstain from heterosexual intercourse” while taking the drug, according to the federal government website that tracks clinical trials.

Dr. Shuntai Zhou, a scientist at the Swanstrom Lab at UNC, said "there is a concern that this will cause long-term mutation effects, even cancer."

Zhou says that he is certain that the drug will integrate itself into the DNA of mammalian hosts. "Biochemistry won’t lie," he says. "This drug will be incorporated in the DNA."

Merck hasn't yet released any data from its animal studies, but the scientists believe that it would take long-term studies to show that the drug is truly totally safe.

"Proceed with caution and at your own peril," wrote Raymond Schinazi, a professor of pediatrics and the director of the division of biochemical pharmacology at the Emory University School of Medicine, who has studied NHC for decades, in an email to Barron’s.