On Supt. 22, 2022, Pfizer announced an agreement to supply up to six million treatment courses of its COVID-19 oral treatment, PAXLOVID (nirmatrelvir [PF-07321332] tablets and ritonavir tablets) to Global Fund as part of its COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM).

The C19RM has been the primary channel for providing grant support to low- and middle-income countries to purchase COVID-19 tests, treatments, personal protective equipment and critical elements of health systems strengthening