Merck’s ‘COVID Pill’ Shows Promise, But Mortality Benefits Will Be Hard To Prove

Accurate Viral Test Shows Drug’s Promise

Early results from its novel antiviral are encouraging, but demonstrating life-saving qualities in a short window of time will be tricky.

Pulse oximeter
A pulse oximeter has become standard at-home technology for people ill with COVID-19 - but there is still no medicine which can be taken in this setting to speed recovery.

Merck & Co. has released topline data from a trial of its oral COVID-19 antiviral therapy, molnupiravir, which it hopes could become a ‘COVID pill’ to allow at-home treatment and help people recover faster from the infection.

Data from only a secondary endpoint result have been released, but showed that after five days of treatment, none of...

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