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Pfizer and Merck push on with late-stage COVID-19 antiviral trials

Sep. 1, 2021

The race to develop better antivirals for COVID-19 is heating up after Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. Inc. pushed ahead with clinical development of late-stage candidates, while Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced encouraging midstage data.

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