FDA halts use of Regeneron, Eli Lilly antibody drugs deemed ineffective agianst Omicron
The combination of bamlanivimab and estevimab from Eli Lilly and Regeneron’s REGEN-COV will be limited to use only when a patient is likely to have been infected with or exposed to “a variant that is susceptible to these treatments,” the FDA said in a statement.
“Because data show these treatments are highly unlikely to be active against the Omicron variant, which is circulating at a very high frequency throughout the United States, these treatments are not authorized for use in any U.S. states, territories and jurisdictions at this time,” Patrizia Cavazzoni, director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said.
More Stories
Sweden Signs NATO Admission Request; Finnish Lawmakers Set To Formally Endorse Move
Sweden has signed a formal request to join NATO, a day after Stockholm announced it would seek membership in the...
Taliban dissolve Afghanistan’s Human Rights Commission, other key bodies
An Afghan woman walks on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comKABUL, May 16 (Reuters) – Taliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former U.S.-backed government, including the country’s Human Rights Commission, deeming them unnecessary in the face of a financial…
Finnish, Swedish Lawmakers To Debate NATO Membership As Moscow Warns Nordic NATO Plans A ‘Grave Mistake’
Finnish and Swedish lawmakers on May 16 are debating applying for NATO membership as Russia again warned that the admission...
Conservative media is familiar with Buffalo suspect’s alleged ‘theory’
The suspect in Saturday's killing of 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket allegedly wrote a document endorsing "Great replacement theory,"...
More mass shootings are happening at grocery stores — 13% of shooters are motivated by race, criminologists find
An apparently racially motivated attack at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, resulted in 10 deaths on May 14, 2022,...
Zelenskyy Signs Law Banning Pro-Russia Political Parties In Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a new law banning pro-Russia political parties. "The president of Ukraine has signed a...