About 100,000 doses of the corona drug arrived in Israel
The pill, which is effective against the omicron, is given in 2 doses a day for 5 days since the onset of the first symptoms, and is about 90% effective in preventing hospitalizations and death.
PM Bennett believes the drugs will be dramatic and effective in reducing the serious morbidity if given in time. "An important addition to the toolbox of the war on the plague"
Meirav Cohen and his Tal
30/12/2021
Thursday, 30 December 2021, 15:55 Updated: 16:11
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In the video: Pfizer CEO refers to the company's new drug for Corona (Photo: Reuters)
About 100,000 doses of the drug against the coronary virus from the Pfizer company arrived in Israel today (Wednesday).
This, after the US Food and Drug Administration and the Israeli Ministry of Health granted the pill an emergency permit.
This is the first home remedy against Corona that has received such approval.
The drugs arrived on a 234-mile Elal flight on a Dreamliner.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett thanked Pfizer CEO Albert Burla and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz and said the arrival of the drugs is “an important addition to the toolbox of the war on the plague.
They will help us get through the peak of the approaching omicron wave. "
Bennett believes that the drugs will be dramatic and effective, in relation to reducing the serious morbidity when given in time and there is no intention to distinguish between vaccinated and unvaccinated in the distribution of drugs.
"The drugs will land in the country tomorrow, we are among the first in the world to receive drugs," Bennett said.
One hundred thousand pills will suffice for about ten thousand patients, since each patient will take two pills for five days.
Populations at risk will be preferred in receiving the drug.
These include patients with obesity, diabetes, kidney and lung disease as well as the elderly over the age of 60 and not vaccinated.
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The drugs at Ben Gurion Airport, today (Photo: official website, without)
The medicine boxes are unloaded from an EL AL plane, today (Photo: official website, without)
According to information from Pfizer's clinical trials, the drug, given in two doses a day for five days since the onset of the first symptoms, is 90% effective in preventing hospitalizations and deaths among high-risk populations.
The latest information indicates that the drug is also effective against the omicron.
FDA emergency approval is valid for high-risk adult patients and children aged 12 and over patients in Corona.
It was further found that the side effects observed were moderate and similar between the treatment group and the placebo group.
All of these confirm efficiency and a good safety profile.
Pfizer said it is poised to start supplying the drug immediately in the United States, and it has increased its production estimate for the coming year from $ 80 million to $ 120 million.
The US government purchased ten million shares from the company, for $ 530 per share.
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