Pfizer Signs Paxlovid Agreement As China Cases Soar
Shanghai In Partial Lockdown
Executive Summary
Pfizer has signed up with a state-owned enterprise for the distribution of its recently approved oral antiviral for COVID-19 in China, where daily case counts are surging amid some tightening restrictions.
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