BREAKING: Two oral antiviral drugs for COVID-19 have been provisionally approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), with first deliveries of both medicines arriving soon.
Lagevrio is one of the two oral COVID-19 drugs that have been provisionally approved by the TGA for use in Australia.The Therapeutic Goods Administration has provisionally approved the first oral treatments for COVID-19.
The antiviral treatments, Lagevrio and Paxlovid, "have been found to be effective in treating people with mild to moderate COVID-19, who have a high risk of progressing to severe disease", Health Minister Greg Hunt said in a statement on Thursday morning.
The prescription-only medicines are designed to be taken every 12 hours for five days and reduce the virus's ability to rapidly multiply.Both oral treatments have already been approved for use by the US and UK health authorities."These treatments will be of most benefit for people most at risk of severe disease and through the oversight from a healthcare professional," he said.
"We are working to target access to those most vulnerable, including the elderly and those in aged care." Merck Sharp and Dohme medical director Gary Jankelowitz said the provisional approval of Lagevrio was a major achievement in the fight against COVID-19."The provisional approval of this oral anti-viral treatment for COVID-19 in eligible at-risk adults is a regulatory milestone."
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