"Pfizer must expand the license with the Medicines Patent Pool to include all developing countries."
Pfizer's oral antiviral drug is"the best therapeutic choice for high-risk patients to date," the United Nations health agency said in a. However, it added,"WHO is extremely concerned that—as occurred with Covid-19 vaccines—low- and middle-income countries will again be pushed to the end of the queue when it comes to accessing this treatment."
"One obstacle for low- and middle-income countries is that the medicine can only be administered while the disease is at its early stages; prompt and accurate testing is therefore essential for a successful outcome with this therapy," said WHO."Data collected by show that the average daily testing rate in low-income countries is as low as one-eightieth the rate in high-income countries."
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