Pfizer’s Covid-19 anti-viral drug arrives in Ireland Paxlovid to be available in hospitals for in-patients from next week
Pfizer Covid-19 antiviral pills to arrive in AprilHSE has now signed contract for the drugs, which studies have shown are 100 per cent effective at preventing death in unvaccinated patients
New Pfizer antivirals could be available on wider market in futureThe new Paxlovid pills currently for ‘high-risk’ patients only will become available in Ireland in the coming weeks
Anti-viral Covid pills should be made available to cancer patients, charity says New treatments such as Paxlovid can reduce the risk of hospitalisation and death in high risk coronavirus patients by 89 per cent
Pfizer’s Paxlovid pill given emergency go-ahead by Europe’s medicines watchdog The EMA has issued advice ‘to support national authorities who may decide on possible early use of the medicine prior to marketing authorisation’