Five Chinese Drugmakers Sign Up to Export Generic Paxlovid

Five Chinese drugmakers signed agreements with a United Nations-backed organization to produce low-cost generic versions of Pfizer Inc.’s Paxlovid Covid-19 pill for export, the organization announced Thursday.
The companies are Shanghai Desano Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (600521.SH), Apeloa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (000739.SZ), Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (600196.SH) and Zhejiang Jiuzhou Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (603456.SH). They are among 35 global drugmakers lined up by the U.N.-backed group to supply generic Paxlovid for poorer countries.
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