Jamie (@mintcustard.bsky.social)

The drug, ensitrelvir, “blocks an enzyme that coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves, hitting the same target as one of the two active ingredients in [Paxlovid]. But whereas that ingredient, nirmatrelvir, failed to prevent household infections in trials, ensitrelvir has come through.”

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At last, a pill that can prevent COVID after exposure to infected people Drug arrives years after pandemic’s peak, but could still offer protection to vulnerable populations. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01546-0