Supplies of COVID-19 antiviral pills touted as a game-changer will be scarce in the short term, a major problem for the Biden administration's new 'test to treat' initiative, meant to make the pills available as soon as someone tests positive.
Supplies of COVID-19 antiviral pills touted as a game changer will be scarce in the short term, a major problem for the Biden administration's new"test to treat" initiative, meant to make the pills available as soon as someone tests positive.
“The supply is definitely tight, very limited. And, you know, on where those supplies are set, and then continued up to this point, to be in control of the states, and probably about the same amount of the product will remain in that channel,” said Dr. Kurt Proctor, the senior vice president of strategic initiatives at the National Community Pharmacists Association.
“Sadly, I don't see how that puts us in a position for a national Test-to Treat in local pharmacies later this month,” said Eric Topol, a professor of molecular medicine at Scripps Research.
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