Biden administration to double purchase of Pfizer's COVID antiviral pill to 20M treatment courses
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EXCLUSIVE: President Biden on Tuesday is expected to direct health officials to double the U.S. government's purchase of Pfizer's antiviral COVID pill from 10 million to 20 million treatment courses and will accelerate the delivery of those treatments, a senior administration official told Fox News.
A Pfizer employee checks the boxes containing Paxlovid, COVID-19 treatment pills, at a distribution facility in Memphis, Tennessee, in this undated handout picture. (Pfizer/Handout via REUTERS ) Pfizer employees check the boxes containing Paxlovid, COVID-19 treatment pills, at a distribution facility in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. in this undated handout picture. Pfizer/Handout via REUTERS (Pfizer/Handout via REUTERS)
The Biden administration, in November, announced its commitment to secure 10 million treatment courses of Pfizer's Paxlovid oral antiviral drug, contingent on the FDA's EUA. The administration paid $5.295 billion for the first 10 million courses.
The drug has been developed to treat non-hospitalized, symptomatic adults diagnosed with COVID-19 who are at increased risk of progressing to severe illness that could lead to hospitalization or death.
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