A laboratory worker gestures during the final filtration phase of coronavirus disease vaccine production at a facility in Chesterfield, Missouri, US in this undated file photo. Picture: REUTERS
If approved, molnupiravir would be a potential game changer, as it would be the first treatment at-risk patients could take at home. All the currently approved therapies used in SA, including dexamethasone and remdesivir, require intravenous administration, and are limited to a hospital setting. “Our regulatory teams across the world are preparing dossiers to submit to various regulatory bodies, including Sahpra ,” said MSD’s MD for SA and Sub-Saharan Africa, Zweli Bashman.
Bashman declined to be drawn on how much the drug would cost in SA, saying only that MSD would apply a tiered pricing model, using World Bank country income data, that would reflect countries’ ability to finance their response to the pandemic.
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