I have read carefully reports from pfizer and merck on covid pills... Did you know that merck's study included only unvaccinated people with underlying health risks, while pfizer's study included vaccinated people and with and without health risks?! So it is absolutely incorrect to compare these 2 studies results directly and say that merck's drug is worse that pfizer's - perhaps pfizer's one also would be less effictive in less protected people?!

$Merck(MRK)$ $Pfizer(PFE)$