MANILA — The Philippines has approved the emergency use of Paxlovid, Pfizer’s PFE.N COVID-19 drug, the country’s food and drug agency said on Friday.
It is the third COVID-19 drug approved by the agency for emergency use, after Roche’s ROG.S antibody cocktail and Merck & Co Inc’s MRK.N treatment pill.
Paxlovid can be used to treat adult patients who do not require supplemental oxygen and who are at increased risk for severe infection, the agency said.
— Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by Ed Davies
