--An expert panel under India's drug regulator recommended emergency use authorization for Novavax Inc.'s Covovax vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India and Indian pharmaceutical company Biological E's Corbevax vaccine, India's Economic Times reports.

--The subject expert committee also gave the nod to Merck & Co.'s Covid-19 pill molnupiravir, according to the report.

--The recommendations have been sent to the Drugs Controller General of India for approval, the Economic Times reports, citing unnamed sources.

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