A 15-day course of Pfizer's COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid did not relieve symptoms of long COVID, according a study by Stanford University researchers. Currently, there are no proven treatments specifically for long COVID in which a host of symptoms can last for many months after initial coronavirus infection. Scientists and patients had hoped that Pfizer's two-drug oral treatment would ease symptoms of long COVID after anecdotal reports of patients who said Paxlovid helped them.
Data from a mid-stage study shows that treatment with AbbVie's (ABBV) Elahere achieves an objective response rate of almost 52% in certain heavily pre-treated patients with ovarian cancer.
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