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11 COVID-19 therapies you need to know

By Brian Buntz | December 22, 2020

6. Bamlanivimab wins EUA for patients at risk of severe COVID-19 infections

Developer: Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) 

Description: Bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) is a monoclonal antibody intended to treat mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in patients at risk of severe infections.

Development status: LY-CoV555 won an EUA from the FDA on Nov. 2020. In early December, Eli Lilly announced that it was launching a trial with UnitedHealth to test the antibody in high-risk patients.

HHS is working with Eli Lilly, its distributor AmerisourceBergen and local government health departments to distribute bamlanivimab. Image courtsey of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

CVS Health (NYSE:CVS), the parent of CVS Pharmacy, is working with the U.S. government to administer the monoclonal antibody.

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Filed Under: clinical trials, Drug Discovery, Infectious Disease
Tagged With: AstraZeneca plc, BioNTech, clinical trials, coronavirus, covid-19, COVID-19 vaccine, COVID-19 vaccine trial, Donald Trump, Eli Lilly & Co., FDA, GlaxoSmithKline, GSK, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Moderna, National Institutes of Health, Pfizer, Regeneron
 
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