Domestic Firms Play Oral Antiviral Catchup As China Approves Paxlovid
Executive Summary
With home-grown 3CL protease inhibitors for COVID-19 still shrouded in uncertainty, some companies in China are now turning to oral RNA polymerase inhibitors as a nearer term option for both mild-to-moderate and severe patients.
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