Merck

Limited efficacy means it is increasingly seen as a therapy for those who cannot take rival medications

More than 16,000 registered to take part in programme broadcast from Dublin

Roche CEO warns of likely 30% reduction in demand for Covid medicines and tests this year

Government agrees supply deal with GSK for injectable drug sotrovimab

Paxlovid could help people avoid serious illness and hospitalisation, says drug regulator

In lab tests the drug maintained its antiviral activity against all variants of concern

Cabinet approves deal for €90m worth of anti-viral drugs to help fight coronavirus

Will the world be subjected to future variants Pi, Rho, Sigma and Tau?

Corporation tax generated €11.8 billion in receipts last year, €1 in every €5 collected

Treatment is second to be approved in as many days

Iseq closes in positive territory despite Ryanair warning

Ringaskiddy plant to play key role in manufacture of landmark treatment

‘Staggering’ number of lives will be saved, says company’s chief scientific officer

Executive says patients on other medications will not be able to take rival antiviral treatment

Investors seek out stocks that were pushed down amid Omicron sell-offs

Country was first in world to approve treatment

Irish investment into the US is at an all-time high, with over 110,000 US citizens working for Irish companies

Merck treatment should be given early, regulator says

Company says tablet cuts risk of hospitalisation by 89%

European forecast hub predicts 500 patients in Irish hospitals by mid-November

Travel stocks receive boost via US pharma giant Pfizer’s coronavirus treatment update

Tablet has potential to avoid nine of 10 hospitalisations with virus, says pharma giant

FTSE 100 rallies as Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged

Antiviral drug hailed by experts as an important new tool to combat pandemic

ECB also reiterates that it believes inflation spike is temporary

Hopes rising that safe and effective drugs targeting Covid will soon hit the market

Company’s molnupiravir pill has been hailed as potential breakthrough

Irish index bucks trend and ends week in positive territory

Pharmaceuticals company developing twice-daily pill for patients diagnosed with virus

All ploughing took place on stubble on third day of event in Ratheniska, Co Laois

AI is used to design treatments that aim to disable viral threats

US software company says it is to take on additional 1,000 employees across Europe

US drugmaker to buy all shares of Trillium Therapeutics as part of investment in blood cancers

Fears about falling Chinese demand send iron ore prices plunging in London

Company now expects vaccine to bring in €28.4bn in revenue this year

Daughter of deceased says her mother could still be alive if drug was not given to her

Interview: APC co-founder Dr Mark Barrett on his company’s ambitious plans

Market edgy ahead of ECB policy decision and US inflation data

Lynparza may be effective medication for patients with BRCA genetic mutation

Countries that led the way in controlling virus last year fall behind in global vaccination drive