The U.S. government has returned millions of doses of the COVID-19 antiviral medicine Paxlovid to its manufacturer.
The move is widely expected to raise the price of the treatment, but the government and Pfizer agreed on measures to reduce out-of-pocket costs through the year 2028. The government’s price per course of the treatment was $530, and one analyst toldthat the price could rise to as much as $2,500 on the private market. The result may be a copay for people who have private insurance.
Paxlovid is an antiviral treatment that works by blocking the virus that causes COVID from replicating and infecting healthy cells.
While Paxlovid appeared to offer long-term protection for older people, children ages 12 to 17 years old who took Paxlovid had a slightly increased risk of post-COVID conditions, including high blood pressure, asthma, and type 2 diabetes, Medpage Today. Paxlovid is approved for pediatric use for those age 12 and older at high risk for severe illness from COVID.
The study showed that people ages 18 to 49 years old had a mostly neutral risk of post-COVID conditions after taking Paxlovid. “Among younger adults and adolescents, associations were observed for only certain conditions. This may be due to a difference in baseline health in these age groups,” the study authors wrote, noting that further research is needed to examine the differences.
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