One dose every 12 hours for five days reduces the rate of hospitalization or death due to COVID-19 by nearly 90%, Pfizer says.
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Biden administration plans to buy enough of Pfizer's anti-Covid pill to treat 10 million
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Biden Administration secures 10 million courses of Pfizer's COVID-19 oral antiviral medicine
The Biden administration plans to purchase 10 million doses of Pfizer's experimental antiviral Covid-19 pill and is finalizing the contract now, according to a source familiar with the plans.
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the United States is buying 10 million courses of Pfizer's Covid-19 treatment pill, in a $5.3 billion deal he touted as "critical" to fighting the pandemic.
President Biden said Thursday the government has purchased 10 million courses of a Pfizer pill to treat COVID-19 but argued that vaccination remains the nation’s “strongest tool” against the pandemic.
“My administration is making the necessary preparations now to ensure these treatments will be easily accessible and free,” President Joe Biden said in a statement.
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