Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its Covid pill to allow broader global access

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Pfizer signs deal with U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental Covid-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half of the world’s population.

could get a license to make the pill for export to other countries, the medicine could not be made generically for use in Brazil.

He estimated that other drugmakers would be able to start producing the pill within months, but acknowledged the agreement wouldn’t please everyone. and will waive royalties on sales in all countries covered by the agreement while Covid-19 remains a public health emergency.

 

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