The British pharmaceutical company GSK and US partner Vir Biotechnology announced on Tuesday that the United States had agreed to buy an additional 600,000 doses of coronavirus sotrovimab antibody therapy for an undisclosed price. The agreement is part of the US government’s efforts to strengthen its “arsenal” of treatments for the Omicron variant of the […]
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Coronavirus: US discontinues Regeneron and Lilly antibody treatments
The US government has suspended the distribution of monoclonal antibodies against the coronavirus by the drug companies Regeneron and Eli Lilly, saying that they are probably ineffective in treating the Omicron mutation. The new strain has taken hold in the United States as it spreads rapidly, forcing the government to reinstate restrictive measures to stem […]