US to buy 10 million Pfizer Covid-19 treatments for $5.3 billion

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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — 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. Pfizer applied this week for US emergency use authorization for its Paxlovid antiviral pill, shown to be highly effective in preventing hospitalization and death among high-risk patients. While the deal hinges on the treatment’s approval by the Food […]