Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Paxlovid Has Been Free So Far. Next Year, Sticker Shock Awaits. | Kaiser Health News

https://khn.org/news/article/paxlovid-covid-sticker-shock-insurance/

The U.S. government has so far purchased 20 million courses of Paxlovid, priced at about $530 each, a discount for buying in bulk that Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla called "really very attractive" to the federal government in a July earnings call. The drug will cost far more on the private market, although in a statement to KHN, Pfizer declined to share the planned price. The government will also stop paying for the company's covid vaccine next year — those shots will quadruple in price, from the discount rate the government pays of $30 to about $120.

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