New COVID-19 treatment pill could be available this summer

New COVID-19 treatment pill could be available this summer

USED FOR WIDESPREAD TREATMENT.9 ON YOUR SIDE'S LUZDELIACABALLERO TALKED TO ASCIENTIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OFARIZONA AND BRINGS US THEDETAILS.JUN WANG WITH THE UOFA SAYSTHE CLINICAL TRIAL RESULTSLOOK PROMISING--AND AT THISRATE, THIS NEW PILL COULD BE AGAME CHANGER.

PKG IN ANTIVIRALDRUG DEVELOPMENT FOR US TO WINTHE GAME, WE HAVE TO BE ONESTEP AHEAD& AND THAT'S EXACTLYWHAT WANG SAYS THE MERCK DRUGWILL HELP THEM DO-- KILLINGTWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.

THISMOLECULE CAN TAKE CARE OF BOTHFLU VIRAL INFECTION AS WELL ASSARS COVID-2 INFECTION.

BUTTHAT'S NOT ALL.

PATIENTS CANTAKE IT ORALLY, WHICH MEANSYOU CAN WIDELY DISTRIBUTETO...TO LARGER POPULATIONS.

HESAYS THERE'S ALREADY AN FDAAPPROVED ANTIVIRAL DRUG TOTREAT COVID-19 CALLEDREMDESIVIR--BUT THIS TREATMENTMUST BE GIVEN BY INJECTION.THIS MOLECULE BEHAVES BETTERTHAN REMDESIVIR, WHICH MEANSIT'S MORE EFFECTIVE.

ANOTHERPERK OF THE MERCK DRUG-- ITCAN REMAIN EFFECTIVE THROUGHFUTURE COVID-19 MUTATIONSREGARDLESS HOW THISCORONAVIRUS OR SARS COVID-2VIRUS IS GOING TO CHANGE ORMUTATE, WITH THOSE DRUGS WECAN NOT ONLY TAKE CARE OF THECURRENT CRISIS, BUT MAYBE ALSOPREVENT FUTURE..YOUKNOW...SIMILAR CORONAVIRUSOUTBREAKS..

HERE'S THEDIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANTIVIRALDRUGS AND VACCINES.

VACCINESCAN PREVENT PEOPLE FROMGETTING INFECTED BUT ONCE YOUARE INFECTED BY THE VIRUS,VACCINES IS NOT GOING TO HELP.YOU NEED TO TAKE ANTIVIRALDRUGS.

THE DRUGS ARE THE ONESWHICH CAN STOP THE VIRUS FROMREPLICATING.

THAT'S BASICALLYTHE CURE WHICH WE ARE LOOKINGFOR.

HE SAYS ANTIVIRAL DRUGSONLY WORK IF THE TREATMENT ISSTARTED EARLY ON-- THE GOALBEING TO PREVENT PATIENTS FROMPROGRESSING TO SEVEREINFECTIONS.

AT THIS POINT, THEMERCK DRUG HAS ALREADY PASSEDTHE PHASE ONE SAFETY TEST ANDIS IN THE PROCESS OF THE PHASETWO AND THREE COMBINED TRIAL.HERE THEY WILL TEST HOWEFFECTIVE THE DRUG IS -- INDOING IT'S DESIGNATED JOB.THEN PROBABLY BY SUMMERTIME WEWILL HAVE ANOTHER DRUG FORCOVID-19.

LUZDELIA CABALLERO,KGUN9 ON YOUR SIDELET'S BRING BACK CUYLER -- AMUCH NICER DAY TODAY -- BUT