[HN Gopher] SARS-CoV-2 infection is effectively treated and prev...
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       SARS-CoV-2 infection is effectively treated and prevented by
       EIDD-2801 (In mice)
        
       Author : MKais
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2021-02-09 18:41 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.nature.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nature.com)
        
       | sschueller wrote:
       | "In April 2020, a whistleblower complaint by former Head of US
       | Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
       | Rick Bright revealed concerns over providing funding for the
       | further development of molnupiravir due to similar drugs having
       | mutagenic properties (producing birth defects).[4] A previous
       | company, Pharmasset, that had investigated the drug's active
       | ingredient had abandoned it. These claims were denied by George
       | Painter, CEO of DRIVE, noting that toxicity studies on
       | molnupiravir had been carried out and data provided to regulators
       | in the US and UK, who permitted safety studies in humans to move
       | forward in the spring of 2020. Also at this time, DRIVE and
       | Ridgeback Biotherapeutics stated they planned future safety
       | studies in animals.[5]"
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       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molnupiravir
        
         | core-questions wrote:
         | Birth defects are a big deal, but there is a decent portion of
         | the population who aren't going to be giving birth (at all, or
         | ever again) who could still probably benefit...
        
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