Pfizer Signs Deal To Share Its COVID-19 Antiviral Pill With Low Income Nations
n Tuesday, the United Nations-backed Medicines Patent Pool announced that it has signed a deal with Pfizer to provide voluntary licensing of its antiviral treatment Paxlovid. This will enable the MPP to coordinate manufacturing and distribution of the drug around the world.
“This license is so important because, if authorized or approved, this oral drug is particularly well-suited for low- and middle-income countries and could play a critical role in saving lives, contributing to global efforts to fight the current pandemic,” MPP executive director Charles Gore said in a statement.
Pfizer’s Covid antiviral is a protease inhibitor, a type of antiviral medication that works by slowing down the rate the coronavirus replicates by stopping certain proteins from being made. This keeps viral loads in patients low, which gives the immune system more opportunity to deal with it. It’s co-adminsitered with ritonavir, which helps slow the rate the Covid antiviral breaks down in the body, allowing its activity to last longer.
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