Many COVID treatment pills going unused

Paxlovid, Pfizer’s highly effective antiviral pill, was in short supply a few months ago when it was first authorized for use, but that’s no longer the case.

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The federal government is currently making 175,000 doses of Paxlovid available each week, according to HHS data. These doses are allocated to states, territories, the federal test-to-treat program and long term care facilities.

But states are ordering only around two-thirds of what’s available to them, and are using around half of what they order, a senior Biden administration official told Axios.

In total — including the federal test-to-treat program and what states have ordered — around 47,000 doses were administered the week of April 17.

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