Pfizer Diflucan giveaway
Executive Summary
$1.6 mil worth of new antifungal fluconazole will be distributed to 200 major AIDS and cancer treatment centers "to ensure that patients in critical need will receive it immediately," Pfizer said. Approved Jan. 29 for AIDS-related infections ("The Pink Sheet" Feb. 5, p. 5), Pfizer is touting the drug's cost effectiveness, citing a retrospective European study that found patients on Diflucan were hospitalized for an average of 14.3 days compared to 31.6 days for patients on amphotericin B. Price to wholesalers for the drug, announced Feb. 7, is $9 per 200 mg, $270 per bottle of 30 tabs.
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