{"id":440283,"date":"2022-05-01T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/still-struggling-for-mass-uptake\/"},"modified":"2022-05-01T12:00:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T09:00:11","slug":"still-struggling-for-mass-uptake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/still-struggling-for-mass-uptake\/","title":{"rendered":"#still struggling for mass uptake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ace76a526042\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ace76a526042\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/still-struggling-for-mass-uptake\/#%E2%80%9Cstill_struggling_for_mass_uptake%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;still struggling for mass uptake&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9Cstill_struggling_for_mass_uptake%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;still struggling for mass uptake&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2021\/cancer-treatment.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2021\/cancer-treatment.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Credit: Unsplash\/CC0 Public Domain\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2021\/cancer-treatment.jpg\" alt=\"cancer treatment\" title=\"Credit: Unsplash\/CC0 Public Domain\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Credit: Unsplash\/CC0 Public Domain<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Several treatments are now available to fight COVID-19 but tight timelines, unequal access and weakening effectiveness against new variants have limited their ability to blunt the worst of the pandemic.\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                <b>Antivirals<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Antiviral drugs, which suppress the ability of the virus to multiply in the body&#8217;s cells, treat an infection in its early stages, reducing the severity and duration of symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Last week the World Health Organization &#8220;strongly recommended&#8221; Pfizer&#8217;s COVID-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid over rivals such as Merck&#8217;s molnupiravir. <\/p>\n<p>The recommendation was based on new trials showing Paxlovid reduced the risk of hospital admission by 85 percent, while molnupiravir has proved significantly less effective.<\/p>\n<p>Even China, which has spurned foreign vaccines, conditionally <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved Paxlovid in February, and Pfizer hopes to produce more than 120 million doses this year. <\/p>\n<p>US President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration said this week it would double the number of outlets where Americans can obtain the pills, which are reserved for at-risk patients.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris, who tested positive for COVID on Tuesday, is taking Paxlovid, according to her press secretary.<\/p>\n<p>But even as production ramps up, the pill is still not being prescribed in large numbers in many countries.<\/p>\n<p>In France, where Paxlovid is the only approved antiviral, only 3,500 courses have been prescribed out of 100,000 rolled out over the first three months of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Antoine Flahault, director of the Institute of Global Health at the University of Geneva, said COVID treatments were &#8220;vital&#8221; to save lives and reduce pressure on hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These effective drugs have not been used enough, which is illustrated by the number of deaths still being reported,&#8221; he told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The main obstacle remains logistics,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The treatment course for Paxlovid should be started within five days of symptoms appearing\u2014a tight deadline that requires everything to go smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People must think about doing a PCR test if they have symptoms or a risky contact, the doctor must prescribe the right medicine, the pharmacy must make it available within the short time required,&#8221; Flahault said.<br \/>\n                                            <!-- Google middle Adsense block --><\/p>\n<p>Antivirals also should not be taken by patients already on a range of other medications, which can limit uptake.<\/p>\n<p><b>Other treatments<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Monoclonal antibodies, which target the spike protein of the coronavirus, can be used either as a preventative measure for unvaccinated at-risk people or for hospitalised patients who need an antibody boost.<\/p>\n<p>They have been shown to reduce the risk of hospitalisation and death by up to 80 percent, but must be administered by injection or infusion in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The main antibody treatments include AstraZeneca&#8217;s Evusheld, Roche&#8217;s Ronapreve, and GSK and Vir&#8217;s Xevudy.<\/p>\n<p>But these treatments also require tight timelines\u2014and they are struggling to keep up with new variants.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The monoclonal antibodies that were effective against the Delta variant are no longer effective against Omicron BA.1\u2014and the one that remained effective against BA.1 is no longer effective against BA.2,&#8221; Flahault said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is rare in medicine that knowledge evolves at such a pace,&#8221; he said, adding that it complicated prescribing such drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Several countries have essentially abandoned Ronapreve due to the loss of effectiveness against Omicron.<\/p>\n<p>And on Friday France&#8217;s health authorities said they would no longer authorise Xevudy for patients with BA.2 because of the drug&#8217;s &#8220;greatly reduced&#8221; effectiveness against the sub-variant, which accounts for the overwhelming majority of the country&#8217;s infections.<\/p>\n<p>The US meanwhile has doubled the recommended dosage for Evusheld to address its weakening effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p><b>Unequal access, again<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As was the case for COVID vaccinations, wealthy countries have had far greater access to treatments than poorer nations.<\/p>\n<p>The inequity again sparked a debate about lifting waiving intellectual property rights\u2014this time with more progress. <\/p>\n<p>Last year Pfizer and Merck agreed allow some generic drugmakers to make cheaper versions of their drugs under a UN-backed scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Pfizer signed a deal last month with 35 generic drugmakers in Europe, Asia, and Latin America to supply Paxlovid to 95 countries.<\/p>\n<p>However last week the WHO called on Pfizer to go further, saying it was &#8220;extremely concerned&#8221; that for treatments low- and middle-income countries would again be &#8220;pushed to the end of the queue&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It also called on Pfizer to be more transparent about prices, with reports that a full Paxlovid course costs up to $530 in the US.\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                                                                        WHO &#8216;strongly recommends&#8217; Pfizer&#8217;s COVID pill\n                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Covid treatments: still struggling for mass uptake (2022, May  1)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved  1 May 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-05-covid-treatments-struggling-mass-uptake.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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