Merck's COVID-19 pill showed it prevented hospitalization or death in unvaccinated adults by 50 percent.
's vaccine cost the government about $40, Moderna's cost about $30 for full vaccination, and Johnson & Johnson's one-dose vaccination was only about $10 per dose, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Merck's oral antiviral pill is less expensive than monoclonal antibody treatments but more expensive than getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Above, employees walk past a Merck sign in front of the company's building on October 2, 2013, in Summit, New Jersey.More than 180 million Americans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 but despite about 65 percent of the country's population being inoculated, hospitals continue to be overwhelmed.
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