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Ema, EU states can use the Pfizer pill to fight Covid

2021-12-16T16:35:10.733Z


Ecdc, only Sardinia, Puglia and Molise in yellow (ANSA) The EMA has recommended the authorization of two new drugs for the treatment of Covid-19 : these are Xevudy and Kineret. Xevudy, a note reads, is a monoclonal antibody indicated for the treatment of the disease in adults and adolescents over 12 years of age (and weighing at least 40 kilograms) who do not require supplemental oxygen and are at increased risk of the disease. you get serious. The s


The EMA

has recommended the authorization of two new drugs for the treatment of Covid-19

: these are

Xevudy and Kineret.

Xevudy, a note reads, is a monoclonal antibody indicated for the treatment of the disease in adults and adolescents over 12 years of age (and weighing at least 40 kilograms) who do not require supplemental oxygen and are at increased risk of the disease. you get serious.

The second treatment is Kineret, an immunosuppressive medicine already authorized in the EU for the treatment of various inflammatory conditions.

Its indication has now been extended to include Covid treatment for adult pneumonia patients who require supplemental oxygen and who are at risk of developing severe respiratory failure.

Pfizer's Paxlovid drug can be used against Covid in countries that deem it appropriate.

This is the opinion of the EMA, reads a note from the Agency

, "issued to support the national authorities who could decide on a possible early use of the drug" before EU authorization.

Paxlovid treatment is reserved for adults

with Covid-19 who do not require supplemental oxygen and who are at increased risk of progression to severe disease. Paxlovid should be administered as soon as possible after diagnosis and within 5 days of onset of symptoms.

Ecdc, only Sardinia, Puglia and Molise in yellow

- Sardinia, Molise and Puglia in yellow, Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia and the Province of Bolzano in dark red, the rest of the Peninsula in red.

It is the updated snapshot of Covid infections according to the map of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Ecdc).

The dark red, which indicates a sharply increasing incidence of new cases, still covers a large part of the Iberian Peninsula, France, Germany, Benelux, Greece and all of Central and Eastern Europe with the exception of Romania, where there are the only "green" regions in Europe, and Bulgaria, in red.

Source: ansa

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