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    Indonesia approves Merck's COVID-19 pill for emergency use

    Indonesia has approved Merck & Co Inc's COVID-19 antiviral pill molnupiravir for emergency use, the country's food and drug agency said in a statement.

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    Published : 14 Jan 2022, 06:22 AM
    Updated : 14 Jan 2022, 06:22 AM

    A batch of 400,000 pills had arrived in Indonesia, health minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said this week. The pill was jointly developed by US-based Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics.

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