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Pfizer afirma que su píldora anticovid es 89% efectiva para evitar hospitalización y muerte

Laboratorio destaca resultados de ensayo clínico realizado con pacientes de cuatro continentes y enviará datos a la FDA para tratar de agilizar aprobación

(FILES) In this file photo a sign for Pfizer pharmaceutical company is seen on a building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 18, 2017. - Pfizer said on September 27, 2021 it had begun a middle-to-late stage clinical trial of a pill to stave off Covid in people who are exposed to infection. Several companies are working on so-called oral antivirals, which would mimic what the drug Tamiflu does for influenza and prevent the disease from progressing to severe. (Photo by DOMINICK REUTER / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo a sign for Pfizer pharmaceutical company is seen on a building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 18, 2017. - Pfizer said on September 27, 2021 it had begun a middle-to-late stage clinical trial of a pill to stave off Covid in people who are exposed to infection. Several companies are working on so-called oral antivirals, which would mimic what the drug Tamiflu does for influenza and prevent the disease from progressing to severe. (Photo by DOMINICK REUTER / AFP) DOMINICK REUTER

El laboratorio Pfizer anunció este viernes que un ensayo clínico sobre su píldora anticovid -la primera de su tipo- mostró una alta efectividad.

El medicamento llamado Paxlovid logró bajar en 89% el riesgo de hospitalización y muerte entre los pacientes adultos con covid-19 con alto riesgo de desarrollar formas graves de la enfermedad, aseveró Pfizer.

Los resultados de este ensayo clínico intermedio son tan buenos que el laboratorio estadounidense dijo que dejará de reclutar nuevas personas para el ensayo.

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