Becker's: 4 Recent Pharmaceutical Purchases Made by U.S.

  1. The U.S. on Oct. 28 purchased 50 million more doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to prepare for pediatric vaccinations.
  2. The U.S. on Nov. 9 purchased 1.4 million more courses of molnupiravir
  3. the COVID-19 antiviral pill Merck is developing with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics
  4. for roughly $1 billion.
  5. The U.S. said Nov. 16 it will buy 10 million courses of Pfizer's COVID-19 antiviral pill Paxlovid for $5 billion.
  6. The U.S. on Nov. 17 bought $1 billion worth of COVID-19 monoclonal antibody drug sotrovimab
  7. which is made by GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology.