Health: Pfizer to spend $120 million to boost US Covid pill manufacturing – Gulf Digital News

  • Date: 07-Jun-2022
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Health: Pfizer to spend $120 million to boost US Covid pill manufacturing – Gulf Digital News

Pfizer Inc said on Monday it would spend $120 million to expand manufacturing of its COVID-19 antiviral treatment at its Michigan plant, as demand ramps up.

Use of the pill, Paxlovid, authorised to treat newly infected, at-risk people to prevent severe illness, has soared recently as infections rise.

Biden administration officials have pushed for the wider use of Paxlovid, which the government distributes for free.