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February 1, 2023 03:12 PM EST
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FDA ax­es re­quire­ment for pos­i­tive Covid test be­fore Paxlovid use

Paul Schloesser

Associate Editor

FDA an­nounced to­day that doc­tors and phar­ma­cists can now pre­scribe Paxlovid to pa­tients with­out a pos­i­tive test for Covid-19.

CDER Di­rec­tor Pa­trizia Cavaz­zoni

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