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FDA advisory panel's vote to approve Merck's COVID-19 therapeutic was 'surprisingly close'

By a vote of 13-10, an FDA advisory panel voted to approve molnupiravir, Merck’s new treatment for COVID-19:

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This was a “surprisingly close vote”:

Shouldn’t it be a bigger deal that the drug barely passed this step?

The panel said the drug “should be restricted to high-risk unvaccinated adults, as in the clinical trial”:

https://twitter.com/benryanwriter/status/1465802254959718406

The panel’s concerns “included male fertility and birth defects, bone growth, embryonic loss, and enhancement of escape mutations”:

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Merck is recommending that pregnant women do not take the drug:

https://twitter.com/benryanwriter/status/1465706248112783366

And it’s not being recommended for children:

https://twitter.com/benryanwriter/status/1465725547946950661

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