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Low Demand For Antibody Drugs Against COVID-19


Low Demand For Antibody Drugs Against COVID-19
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President Trump boards Marine One for a trip from the White House to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment in early October. Trump received Regeneron s antibody cocktail during his illness.
Alex Brandon
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AP
Federal officials are disappointed to find that the monoclonal antibody drugs they ve shipped across the country aren t being used rapidly.
These drugs are designed to prevent people recently diagnosed with COVID-19 from ending up in the hospital. But hospitals are finding it cumbersome to use these medicines, which must be given by IV infusion. And some patients and doctors are lukewarm about drugs that have an uncertain benefit. ....

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President Trump boards Marine One for a trip from the White House to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for COVID-19 treatment in early October. Trump received Regeneron s antibody cocktail during his illness. // AP, Alex Brandon
Federal officials are disappointed to find that the monoclonal antibody drugs they ve shipped across the country aren t being used rapidly.
These drugs are designed to prevent people recently diagnosed with COVID-19 from ending up in the hospital. But hospitals are finding it cumbersome to use these medicines, which must be given by IV infusion. And some patients and doctors are lukewarm about drugs that have an uncertain benefit. ....

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