Canada secures orders of Merck, Pfizer COVID-19 antiviral pills

The federal government has signed purchase agreements with two pharmaceutical companies for their oral COVID-19 treatments. Filomena Tassi, Canada’s minister of public services and procurement, told reporters on Friday the government has signed agreements with Pfizer and Merck to buy up to 1.5 million courses of their antiviral treatment, PF-07321332 and Molnupiravir.-- More...