Novavax vaccine and COVID-19 pills approved in Australia

20 January 2022

Australia’s medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), today announced the granting of provisional approval for US biotech firm Novavax’ (Nasdaq: NVAX) COVID-19 vaccine.

The TGA also gave provisional approval for two medicines for the symptoms of COVID-19: Pfizer's (NYSE: PFE) Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir and ritonavir) and Merck & Co’s (NYSE: MRK) Lagevrio (molnupiravir).

The Australian government previously secured access to 500,000 treatment courses of Paxlovid and 300,000 courses of Lagevrio for supply during 2022, with the first delivery of both medicines expected in the "coming weeks."

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