F.D.A. Plans to Authorize Pfizer Boosters for All Adults This Week
Regulators are set to clear extra doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine as soon as Thursday, after states began expanding eligibility on their own.
Regulators are set to clear extra doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine as soon as Thursday, after states began expanding eligibility on their own.
The antiviral drugs have helped inspire hope among senior administration officials that the United States will be able to curb the devastating toll from the Delta variant.
Pfizer on Tuesday asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its pill for unvaccinated people.
The treatment, Paxlovid, is the second antiviral pill to show effectiveness in treating Covid, and works differently from the first.
The company announced a deal that could help significantly expand access to the Covid-19 treatment, but the agreement excludes a number of countries hit hard by the pandemic.
Countries have been paying about $3 to $4 per shot for AstraZeneca’s vaccine under the company’s not-for-profit pricing model.
The 135-year-old company announced plans to divide itself into a consumer products business and a medical company.
Dr. Robert M. Califf, an academic and clinical trial researcher who ran the agency in 2016, has also consulted for pharmaceutical companies.
The Secretary of State called for rich countries, pharmaceutical companies and others to “step up.”
The Secretary of State called for rich countries, pharmaceutical companies and others to “step up.”