Why the need for these?
"Sajid Jabid today revealed the Government has bought hundreds of thousands of game-changing pills to treat Covid that infected Brits can take at home this winter."
"Officials have bought 480,000 doses of molnupiravir, an antiviral made by US pharmaceutical company Merck and 250,000 courses of PF-073 from Pfizer, the drug giant behind the vaccine currently deployed for the UK's booster drive.
Officials did not disclose how much the Department of Health paid but American health chiefs spent $1.2billion (£869million) on 1.7million molnupiravir pills this summer. If the drugs are priced the same in Britain they are likely to cost around £250million — even though they are thought to cost just £12 to make. "
So less than £10m worth of drugs will cost the tax payer more than 25 times more than cost price...
The rip off continues!
"The drugs are pending approval by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)"
"Pfizer's treatment — a combination of an experimental antiviral and ritonavir, which is usually used to treat HIV — has yet to finish clinical trials."
And so the human experiment continues...
Sadly there will be many foolish takers!
"Sajid Jabid today revealed the Government has bought hundreds of thousands of game-changing pills to treat Covid that infected Brits can take at home this winter."
"Officials have bought 480,000 doses of molnupiravir, an antiviral made by US pharmaceutical company Merck and 250,000 courses of PF-073 from Pfizer, the drug giant behind the vaccine currently deployed for the UK's booster drive.
Officials did not disclose how much the Department of Health paid but American health chiefs spent $1.2billion (£869million) on 1.7million molnupiravir pills this summer. If the drugs are priced the same in Britain they are likely to cost around £250million — even though they are thought to cost just £12 to make. "
So less than £10m worth of drugs will cost the tax payer more than 25 times more than cost price...
The rip off continues!
"The drugs are pending approval by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)"
"Pfizer's treatment — a combination of an experimental antiviral and ritonavir, which is usually used to treat HIV — has yet to finish clinical trials."
And so the human experiment continues...
Sadly there will be many foolish takers!