The Pfizer Paxlovid * anti-covid pill arrives in Italy tomorrow. The antiviral, capable of reducing the risk of hospitalization, will be available in the next few days “almost a month earlier than the initial forecasts”, says Franco Locatelli, president of the Higher Council of Health and coordinator of the Scientific Technical Committee, guest of Buongiorno on Sky TG24. “It is a protease inhibitor – remember that it is 89% effective when administered within the first three, maximum five days in the progression of severe disease”.
For its part, the commissioner for the Covid emergency led by General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo informs that the distribution to the Regions / Autonomous Provinces of the first 11,200 complete treatments of Paxlovid * will begin tomorrow, as part of the contract finalized last year. January 27 by the commissioner structure with the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, in agreement with the Ministry of Health. The contract – it is explained – provides for the supply of a total of 600 thousand complete treatments during 2022, which will be progressively distributed to the Regions – as soon as available – according to the indications of the Ministry of Health and Aifa.
#Pfizer #anti #covid #pill #tomorrow #Italy