GPs can write scripts for molnupiravir from today

The COVID-19 antiviral is PBS listed for specific groups of patients at risk of progressing to severe disease
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GPs can start prescribing molnupiravir to patients from today after the drug became the first antiviral to be listed on the PBS as a COVID-19 treatment.  

The announcement on Tuesday follows a recommendation from the PBAC for molnupiravir (Lagevrio) to receive a streamlined authority listing for adult patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who are at high risk of developing severe disease.