INTERVIEW – Guest of Elizabeth Martichoux on LCI, this Wednesday, October 27, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister Delegate in charge of Industry, justified the order of 50,000 doses of the anti-Covid 19 pill. This treatment, developed by the laboratory American Merck, will be used in advance before the notice of the EMA.
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“The idea is to prevent serious forms from developing.” France has ordered 50,000 doses of the anti-Covid 19 pill, developed by the American laboratory Merck, announced the Minister of Health Olivier Véran on Tuesday, October 26. “50,000 doses of this drug will be delivered to France from the last days of November or the first days of December, that is to say as soon as the treatments leave the production lines”, he explained during a hearing in the Senate.
Why were 50,000 doses of the Merck pill ordered? Why not more, why not less? “It corresponds to a needs assessment”, justifies Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister Delegate in charge of Industry, guest of Elizabeth Martichoux on LCI, Wednesday, October 27. “This pill is given when someone tests positive. It is a prescription, when the doctor believes that the form that can be developed by the person may be serious. According to the first tests and clinical trials, he divides by two the risk of developing a severe form. “
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In early October, Merck reported very encouraging results for this antiviral. According to the American laboratory, which has carried out tests on nearly 800 patients, but has yet to make the details public, molnupiravir halves the risk of hospitalization when it is given to patients who have just been tested positive. This drug, ingested orally, is of major interest in the fight against the coronavirus. Complementary to vaccines, this remedy is easier to administer than intravenous treatments such as, for example, those based on synthetic antibodies.
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Following the request for authorization of the treatment, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced, Monday, October 25, the launch of the accelerated examination of the pill. While awaiting the opinion of the EMA, France has chosen to use it, in anticipation, “under temporary authorizations for use”. “Beyond vaccines, we, France, at the national level, made sure to have prophylaxis and to have responses, in the form of medication, to the Covid virus to limit the serious forms”, detailed Agnès Pannier-Runacher. “We are really on a very classic approach. When you are faced with a serious risk, you can anticipate the use of a drug, if it is proven from the first tests that it is positive.”
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Will the pill “which treats the Covid” be manufactured in France? “Merck has laboratories in France, but not necessarily to produce this pill. You know that a drug production chain is complex”, recalls the Minister responsible for Industry. “Merck is investing in Molsheim, in the Grand Est region, to increase its production capacities. In this case, I do not know the precise production chain. I know that the final drug is not produced. in France.”
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