The Food and Drug Administration said a Covid-19 antibody treatment from Eli Lilly & Co. is no longer authorized for use because it isn’t likely to be effective against certain Omicron offshoots now dominant in the U.S.
from Eli Lilly & Co. is no longer authorized for use because it isn’t likely to be effective against certain Omicron offshoots now dominant in the U.S.
, now cause more than half of new Covid-19 cases in the U.S., the FDA said on Wednesday. Yet Lilly’s drug, bebtelovimab, doesn’t retain neutralizing activity against the subvariants, the company said.
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