Pfizer’s new COVID-19 pill can take months to make. Company officials say they plan to expand production this year. Why does it take so long? thpmurphy explains:
The short answer: It’s a complex drug that involves chemical reactions that need time to develop.
“If you put it all in together very quickly, it can all go wrong,” said Charlotte Allerton, Pfizer’s head of medicine design. The drugmaker is adding more manufacturing and packaging sites. It will try to cut production time further, as long as it can do so without affecting quality. The drugmaker spent about $1 billion to get that head start, said Paul Duffy, a vice president with Pfizer Global Supply.Yes. McDermott said Pfizer expects to make 30 million patient packs by the middle of the year and 120 million by the end of 2022.
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