Pfizer Says COVID-19 Pill Is 89% Effective in Preliminary Study

[Hoodat]

Pfizer Says COVID-19 Pill Is 89% Effective in Preliminary Study

November 05, 2021

Pfizer said a preliminary look at study results show that its experimental COVID-19 pill was highly effective at preventing hospitalization or death in high-risk people.

The pill, called Paxlovid, cut the risk of hospitalization or death by about 89 percent if they took it within three days of diagnosis, Pfizer said Friday, per the Wall Street Journal. It was also found to be generally safe and well-tolerated.

Pfizer plans to ask the FDA for authorization this month, and doses could be available this year.

“It’s stunning data,” Pfizer Chief Scientific Officer Mikael Dolsten said. “I feel very optimistic on a day like this. For everyone living in this pandemic, a new light of hope has turned on.”   .  .  .

https://humanevents.com/2021/11/05/pfizer-says-covid-19-pill-is-89-effective-in-preliminary-study/


The main ingredient of Pfizer's new pill is ritonavir, which goes for about $1.25 per pill.  I wonder what Pfizer will be charging for it.

Also worth noting that ritonavir is used to treat HIV.  There have been claims that the SARS-2 virus was genetically engineered with snippets of the HIV virus.  So it it interesting that Pfizer chose to treat SARS-2 with a medicine that works against HIV.

[catfish1957]

11% ineffective is a pretty breathtakingly high rate for therapeutics.

And then like you hear on the TV every night.....   Side effects are blank,, and blank, and blank, etc.

[mountaineer]

Pfizer reports the Pfizer drug is really swell, effective, harmless and essential.

In other news, Ford reports that Ford cars are the best, Sarah Lee reports that Sarah Lee baked goods taste better than any other baked goods since the beginning of time, and Coors Brewing reports that Coors Light is more than just beer-scented water - "it's delicious!"