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Cheaper competition for Humira is hitting the market, but savings will depend on your insurance
Read full article: Cheaper competition for Humira is hitting the market, but savings will depend on your insurancePatients who take the autoimmune disease treatment Humira may see some price relief when several lower-cost, biosimilar versions of the AbbVie drug reach the U.S. market in July.
FDA OKs 1st targeted drug for common lung cancer mutation
Read full article: FDA OKs 1st targeted drug for common lung cancer mutationU.S. regulators have approved the first medicine for patients with the most common type of lung cancer whose tumors have a genetic mutation long considered untreatable with drugs.
Eli Lilly’s antibody combination receives FDA emergency use authorization to treat COVID-19 patients
Read full article: Eli Lilly’s antibody combination receives FDA emergency use authorization to treat COVID-19 patientsFILE - This is an April 26, 2017, file photo showing Eli Lilly corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. Eli Lilly continues to back a potential COVID-19 treatment despite research showing that it may not work on hospitalized patients. The drugmaker said Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, that It remains confident that its drug may stop COVID from developing in other patients. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)HOUSTON – Eli Lilly’s announced Tuesday the approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its combination antibody therapy. Lilly will collaborate with the bio-tech company Amgen to manufacture up to one million doses of etesevimab for administration with bamlanivimab by mid-2021.
Antibody drugs are no cure but seem promising for COVID-19
Read full article: Antibody drugs are no cure but seem promising for COVID-19But experimental antibody drugs like the one Trump was given are among the most promising therapies being tested for treating and preventing coronavirus infections. Eli Lilly and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. are asking the U.S. government to allow emergency use of their antibody drugs, which aim to help the immune system clear the virus. The company made a successful Ebola combo antibody treatment this way. A: Researchers are still trying to determine the best candidates for antibody treatment. About 5.8% of patients given placebo required hospitalization or an emergency room visit versus 0.9% of those given the antibodies.