Makers of monoclonal antibody treatments say they have shown the therapies can help prevent severe coronavirus disease in people who are already infected. Now they're planning to ask the US Food and Drug Administration for authorization to use them as a kind of"passive vaccine" to protect people at high risk of infection.
Lifesaving Covid-19 antibody treatments are plentiful, but still sitting on the shelfThe treatments made by Regeneron and Eli Lilly and Co. are only authorized for use with non-hospitalized patients at high risk of severe disease. If they get the FDA's OK, it's still an open question as to how many people will use them.The United States has been slow to roll out Covid-19 vaccines, and for different reasons, it's been even slower to adopt monoclonal antibodies.
Biden announces plan to increase Covid-19 vaccine supply 02:59Among 400 volunteers, half got the therapy and half got a placebo. The number of infections was lower among those who got the treatment, the company said Tuesday. Among the volunteers who got the therapy, those who did get sick had symptoms that lasted no more than one week, while 40% of people in the placebo group who got infected were sick for three to four weeks.
'Hunger Games' approach blamed for Covid-19 vaccine woes 04:03Some hospitals have also tried to be proactive, using electronic records to quickly get in touch and offer treatments as soon as they get a positive result. If the FDA allows these treatments to be used preventively, the systems could always adjust to contact a person as soon as they have been tested, without regard to the result.
Eli Lilly said if people really want these treatments, they may have to ask for them directly. "I think patients and providers, in some cases, have to be persistent to navigate our health care system as is, unfortunately, often the case with different diseases, to get optimal therapy," Skovronsky said."But for patients who want it and qualify and providers who think it's right for their patients, it's widely available.
Very good idea
I dont think talking to someone will make this covid go away bout like these mask will stop the covid but the thing is u c ant ever take it off ever they have not come out with something that can get food or drinks with the masks own cents every one is trying to make a buck on
Why not use hydroxychloroquine or remdesivir Oh,, thats right,, CNN says those are dangerous to use.
Trump wanted people to drink cleaning disinfectants. And people believed him.
start airing these stories please
thanks