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FILE - This undated file image provided by Merck & Co. shows their new antiviral medication. The European Medicines Agency said it has received a request from Merck to authorize its coronavirus antiviral, the first pill shown to treat COVID-19. In a statement on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021,  the EU drug regulator said it had started evaluating molnupiravir, made by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics and that a decision could be made within weeks on whether it might be cleared. (Merck & Co. via AP, File)

FILE - This undated file image provided by Merck & Co. shows their new antiviral medication. The European Medicines Agency said it has received a request from Merck to authorize its coronavirus antiviral, the first pill shown to treat COVID-19. In a statement on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, the EU drug regulator said it had started evaluating molnupiravir, made by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics and that a decision could be made within weeks on whether it might be cleared. (Merck & Co. via AP, File)

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