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A WHO panel recommended use of two drugs by Eli Lilly, and GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology for COVID-19 patients, adding treatment options as the fast-spreading Omicron variant renders many ineffective.

, while conditionally endorsed GSK-Vir’s antibody therapy for non-severe patients at the highest risk of hospitalisation.

The WHO experts noted that the effectiveness of monoclonal antibody treatments — lab-generated compounds that mimic the body’s natural defences — against new variants such as Omicron was still uncertain, and said the guidelines for this class of medicine will be updated when additional data become available.

 

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