The federal government doubled its order of Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill
its order of Pfizer’s Covid-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid to 20 million treatment courses, the company announced Tuesday, after hospitals ran low on the drug that was hailed as a game-changer when authorized in December.
The 20 million Paxlovid courses, or 600 million total pills, will be delivered to the federal government in 2022, with about 10 million courses due for an accelerated delivery by the end of June and the rest set to arrive by late September, Pfizer announced.
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