Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its COVID-19 pill

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The deal excludes some large countries that have suffered devastating outbreaks. For example, while a Brazilian drug company could get a license to make the pill for export to other countries, the medicine could not be made generically for use in Brazil.

FILE - The Pfizer logo is displayed at the company's headquarters in New York, on Feb. 5, 2021. In a statement on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, drugmaker Pfizer Inc. said it has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental coronavirus pill, in a move that could make its treatment available to more than half of the world’s population. LONDON — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.

The deal excludes some large countries that have suffered devastating coronavirus outbreaks. For example, while a Brazilian drug company could get a license to make the pill for export to other countries, the medicine could not be made generically for use in Brazil. “It’s quite significant that we will be able to provide access to a drug that appears to be effective and has just been developed, to more than 4 billion people,” Esteban Burrone, head of policy at the Medicines Patent Pool, said.

“We try to strike a very delicate balance between the interests of the , the sustainability required by generic producers and most importantly, the public health needs in lower and middle-income countries,” Burrone said.

 

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Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its COVID-19 pillLONDON (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a 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. mikewsyx6 I ran across a documentary called 'Covid-19, Race for the Vaccine' about Pfizer's efforts to get the vaccine out. It's well worth watching. Glad they're willing to share this new pill to help people, not their bottom line. kxly4news This is all turning out to be very lucrative for pfizer. Good thing they got all that money and support from Operation Warp Speed huh? Thank you pfizer
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