U.S. Seeks ‘Urgent’ Data on Covid Relapses After Using Pfizer’s Drug
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...ter-pfizer-drug
Columbia researcher says symptoms returned days after Paxlovid
How common viral rebound is after Paxlovid remains unclear

Robert Langreth and Madison Muller
April 29, 2022, 8:00 AM CDT
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U.S. government researchers are planning studies of how often and why coronavirus levels rebound in some Covid patients who have completed a five-day course of treatment with Pfizer Inc.’s Paxlovid.

“It is a priority,” said Clifford Lane, deputy director for clinical research at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, calling the issue “a pretty urgent thing for us to get a handle on.” The agency is discussing a variety of possible epidemiological and clinical studies to examine post-Paxlovid rebound with scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he said.-- excerpt, rest at link above --