FDA has authorized bebtelovimab, a monoclonal antibody from Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY), for certain high-risk patients with COVID-19. The emergency use authorization (EUA) for the antibody covers the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in individuals at least 12 years of age who weigh at least 40 kg (about 88 pounds). The EUA is constrained to individuals…
Lilly to supply up to 600,000 doses of investigational COVID antibody to U.S. government
Monoclonal antibodies were one of the first weapons to emerge in the battle against COVID-19, but only a single antibody therapy, sotrovimab from Vir Biotechnology and GSK, retains potency against the omicron variant. Two weeks ago, FDA recommended limited use of Eli Lilly’s (NYSE:LLY) bamlanivimab and etesevimab and Regeneron’s (NSDQ:REGN) REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab), given…