Questions are renewed over the years-long post office scandal, described as the most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK history. The first U.S. moon mission since Apollo has run into trouble on its first day after launch. Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, Paxlovid, faces widespread destruction in Europe as doses reach their use-by date. The Alaska Airlines […]
European countries will dispose of most of the ordered Pfizer COVID-19 medicine, Paxlovid, due to significant underuse and nearing expiration. This surplus creates a financial strain and has prompted some nations to cancel contracts with the pharmaceutical company.
COVID-19 vaccines and treatments that have been free of charge to consumers, due to U.S. government funding, will eventually transition to be provided via the regular health care system. This means that certain COVID-19 tests, vaccines, and treatments, will cost more for some. Here’s what it means for you: End of Emergency Ashish Jha, the […]
A highly anticipated COVID-19 drug from the United States is coming away empty-handed from sales talks with virus-hit China. Chinese officials say the American firm that makes it was charging too much. But is the Chinese regime really unable to afford it? An expert says the deal isn’t so simple.
A breakneck pace and a lack of transparency are marking COVID-19’s spread to hundreds of millions of people in the world’s most populous nation. But how deadly will China’s virus surge get? Beijing said the virus wave has already passed its peak, and that the daily death rate has dropped over 70 percent. But a […]
With demand for antiviral drugs skyrocketing amid the COVID-19 outbreak in China, the CCP says it will remove a certain medication from its health insurance drug list in April. The targeted drug is called Paxlovid— an antiviral made by U.S. drug maker Pfizer. Chinese authorities attributed the removal to a high price for the COVID-19 […]
Satellite images are highlighting China’s death surge, showing an uptick in the number of vehicles parked at funeral homes. A Pfizer-made COVID-19 drug is soon to be removed from China’s health insurance list. Beijing is complaining the drug is “too expensive,” while the drugmaker’s CEO disagrees. Bipartisan efforts are working to counter the Chinese communist […]
With much of China battling a severe COVID-19 outbreak, a kind of medication has risen to coveted status—Paxlovid, an antiviral made by Pfizer. Beijing is now restricting imports of COVID-19 medicines despite the infection surge. As the unprecedented virus wave strips resources and citizens struggle to access medication, China’s elites and officials are stockpiling supplies […]
The United States has struck a deal with Pfizer to pay the pharmaceutical giant almost $2 billion for 3.7 million more courses of Paxlovid. “The additional 3.7 million treatment courses are planned for delivery by early 2023,” the company announced. The Defense Department announced on Dec. 13 that Pfizer was awarded a $1,959,999,848 contract for Paxlovid. “Work […]
President Joe Biden tested negative for the first time after seven straight days of positive tests in the so-called rebound COVID-19 case. “This morning, his SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing was negative,” White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor wrote in a statement. “In an abundance of caution, the President will continue his strict isolation measures pending a […]
President Joe Biden again tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday due to a “rebound” of “positivity” sparked by the drug Paxlovid, according to his doctor in an update. Biden, 79, tested positive on Monday morning for the third day in a row, White House physician Kevin O’Connor wrote in a letter (pdf) to press secretary […]
Pfizer Inc. said on Thursday it is seeking full U.S. approval for its oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid, which is currently available under an emergency use authorization (EUA). Pfizer said it submitted a New Drug Application for Paxlovid to the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of COVID-19 in vaccinated and unvaccinated people at […]
Pfizer announced Friday that a recent large, late-stage trial found that its COVID-19 antiviral pill, Paxlovid, failed at preventing symptomatic infection of people living with a person who has the disease. The trial enrolled 2,957 participants aged 18 and older who live in the same household as another person who has COVID-19 with symptoms. They were given either […]
The European Commission (EC) on Friday authorized the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral pill one day after the European Unions’ (EU) drugs regulator backed the treatment for adults who do not require supplemental oxygen and who are at increased risk of severe disease. Stella Kyriakides, the EU’s commissioner for health and food safety, called it “a key […]
The New York State Health Department has warned that it does not have enough Paxlovid or Molnupiravir antibody treatment and authorized those of non-white race or Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, as well as individuals with underlying medical conditions that increase their risk for severe illness, to receive the treatment. However, the government body made no mention of whether or not other […]
