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13448119, Cost might be $500 for the course
Posted by handle, Wed Nov-17-21 10:35 AM
I heard that Biden admin is preparing an order for :
10 million doses (which are 30 pills)
$5 billion in cost
=$500 for the treatment
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-administration-plans-buy-enough-pfizer-s-anti-covid-pill-n1283984
The federal government initially planned to buy 5 million courses of the treatment — a course requires a patient to take two pills over five days — but President Joe Biden told officials to double the number after having seen how effective the treatment was in data Pfizer released this month, the source said, adding that the contract hasn’t been finalized.
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Pfizer has said it expects to have only enough pills to treat 100,000 to 200,000 patients this year.
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