Australia has approved oral treatments for Covid: how do the pills work and who will benefit most?

Now the drug regulator has provisionally approved Paxlovid and Lagevrio, we ask experts how big a game-changer they could be

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Australia's drugs regulator has for the first time approved oral treatments for Covid-19 which should help address supply shortages of other treatments.

The approval applies to two drugs - Paxlovid and Lagevrio. They have been provisionally" approved, which means they can be administered by health professionals in limited circumstances but the manufacturers must submit further data as the drugs are used more widely.