Covid Antibody Drugs Go Unused as Need Soars
While such treatments are promising, their use has been slowed by testing lags, overwhelmed hospitals and a perception the therapies are only for well-connected people.
A box of Eli Lilly’s antibody treatment, bamlanivimab, at Floyd Medical Center in Rome, Ga. Despite worries that the drug would be scarce, the hospital has infused about 100 patients and has not had to turn anyone away.Credit...Floyd Medical Center
Published Dec. 23, 2020Updated Feb. 26, 2021
When federal regulators approved two antibody treatments last month for emergency use in high-risk Covid-19 patients, doctors worried there would not be enough to go around.