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MONDAY, AUGUST 08, 2022
Merck begins late-stage trial of experimental Covid-19 drug

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Reuters
01 September, 2021, 05:00 pm
Last modified: 01 September, 2021, 05:03 pm

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Merck begins late-stage trial of experimental Covid-19 drug

Reuters
01 September, 2021, 05:00 pm
Last modified: 01 September, 2021, 05:03 pm
FILE PHOTO: The Merck logo is seen at a gate to the Merck & Co campus in Linden, New Jersey, U.S., July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: The Merck logo is seen at a gate to the Merck & Co campus in Linden, New Jersey, U.S., July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

Merck & Co Inc and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said on Wednesday they had begun enrolling patients in a late-stage trial of their experimental drug molnupiravir for prevention of Covid-19 infection.

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