Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc (ENTA)

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To which I would add- the PFE protease inhibitor also is prescribed w/ (ritonavir) RTV q12h (not terrible, but sub-optimal).

The Enanta compound could be more efficacious, fewer drug interactions, fewer pills fewer times per day.
Once (ha; and IF) approved it may be hard to beat.

And anti-virals will likely play a key part in ending the pandemic.
They will reduce viral shedding, reduce recovery time, probably reduce longer term inflammation damage. They will help make it safer to reopen hospitals, schools and work -thereby getting the economy back closer to normal.

So the value of a great covid anti-viral cannot be overstated.

One other thing that could change all results is (as J. Luly has said) getting the antiviral to patients sooner will likely improve the response success.