Merck’s Covid Pill Is Authorized by F.D.A. for High-Risk Adults December 24, 2021 Auto Bot Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Food and Drug Administration, Merck & Company Inc, Molnupiravir (Drug), Paxlovid (Drug), Pfizer Inc 0 The F.D.A. said the drug should be prescribed mainly when other treatments were “not accessible or clinically appropriate.”