Jan. 24 (UPI) — The U.S. Meals and Drug Administration on Monday removed monoclonal antibody remedies from the listing of treatments for COVID-19, announcing they are ineffective against the Omicron variant.
the combo of bamlanivimab and estevimab from Eli Lilly and Regeneron’s REGEN-COV might be limited to make use of best while a patient is likely to have been infected with or exposed to “a variant that is liable to these remedies,” the FDA said in an announcement.
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