Report: Ministry of Health contacted Pfizer regarding COVID pill

• Author: Elad Benari
• Published date: 08 November 2021
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

According to the publication, the professional echelon in the pharmaceutical department at the Health Ministry contacted Pfizer to request any possible material available on the new drug developed by the company.

Health Ministry officials estimate that the Pfizer drug is a "game changer" but not one that eliminates the need for a vaccine. This is because the drug does not prevent the disease, but, once approved, can lower the number of serious cases as well as the death rate.

Pfizer said on Friday that the experimental pill it had developed demonstrated up to 89% effectiveness in curbing hospitalizations or death among high-risk patients.

Hebrew-language media later reported that Israel was not yet in talks to purchase the new treatment from Pfizer, which was already in talks with 90 other nations seeking to purchase the pill.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that the government is looking into purchasing the Pfizer coronavirus pill.

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