Switzerland buys Pfizer's COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid

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BERLIN (Reuters) – Switzerland signed a contract to buy Pfizer (NYSE:PFE)’s anti-viral drug Paxlovid to treat Covid-19, it said on Friday.

The European country said it had signed a contract to buy 12,000 packages and first treatments for certain at-risk patients would start this month.