The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) approved, after a meeting on Wednesday, the emergency use of the drug molnupiravir, produced by U.S-based pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), effective against Covid-19. MSD told Valor that the drug showed 89% efficacy against deaths in infected patients who started treatment up to five days after the […]
The Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) raised the policy interest Selic rate by 100 basis points and signaled an extension of the monetary tightening cycle for its next meeting. “For its next meeting, the Committee foresees as likely an extension of the cycle, with an adjustment of lower magnitude,” the Central Bank said in […]
Brazilian delegation has prepared proposal to extend the flexibility that may eventually be agreed upon against Covid-19 — Foto: Tânia Rêgo/Agência Brasil Brazil will propose that flexibilities for patent breaking and technology transfer for the production of anti-Covid vaccines be extended to medicines and treatments against tropical and endemic diseases, sources say. The proposal will […]