FDA updates certain COVID-19 monoclonal antibody authorizations
The Food and Drug Administration Friday updated its emergency use authorizations for two intravenous infusion therapies for outpatients at risk for progressing to severe COVID-19 disease. Specifically, it updated the patient selection criteria and safety summary for the monoclonal antibodies bamlanivimab and etesevimab administered together, and the patient selection criteria for the monoclonal antibodies casirivimab with imdevimab (REGEN-CON) administered together. For details on the changes, see the FDA fact sheets for bamlanivimab and etesevimab and REGEN-COV.
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