Aug 27 (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc ( PFE ) is launching a new
website to promote and improve access to its health care
offerings for migraine and respiratory illnesses.
The drugmaker said on Tuesday that it launched the site
called PfizerForAll to help patients get access to treatments
like its COVID-19 drug Paxlovid and its migraine pill Nurtec by
offering services like telehealth appointments and diagnostic
tests.
It can also help them find vaccines for respiratory
illnesses like COVID, flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and
pneumonia.
"These are conditions that consumers engage in deeply,"
Pfizer ( PFE ) Chief U.S. Commercial Officer Aamir Malik said in an
interview. "They're engaged in trying to understand their own
diagnosis, understand what solutions are available to them and
navigate care for themselves."
Investors have fled from Pfizer ( PFE ) as the market for its
COVID-19 vaccine and treatment has shrunk by billions of dollars
a year.
The company's 2023 launch of its RSV shot Abrysvo has also
been a disappointment, but the company has expressed optimism
about the vaccine in the U.S. this year.
Some of these features have existed on the websites for the
specific medicine brands or elsewhere, but PfizerForAll brings
them onto a single platform and gives the company a place to
potentially expand those offerings.
"There's a real-time aspect to having a digital platform
where we can add features and add partners to enhance that
consumer experience, but we're going to let the consumer and the
patient guide us on what it is that they need and what they
value, and then we'll grow the platform accordingly from there,"
Malik said.
Pfizer's ( PFE ) new website follows a similar initiative launched
by Eli Lilly ( LLY ) to help patients get its drugs, including
the weight-loss medicine Zepbound, called LillyDirect.
Lilly's service enables patients to order their medicines
directly from the drugmaker. PfizerForAll does not, making use
instead of the existing insurance and pharmacy network for
patients to receive their drugs.
Pfizer ( PFE ) said among the new offerings on the site are
telehealth consultations from UpScriptHealth and delivery
options from Instacart.