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REPEALED—The FDA has now withdrawn authorization of the last #COVID19 MAB drug bebtelovimab, citing it is not expected to neutralize the dominant BQ.1 & BQ.1.1 subvariants. This takes away the last COVID monoclonal antibody treatment. Losing the tools! fda.gov/drugs/drug-saf… Image
2) For treatment of COVID, this was the last MAB. While Evusheld is still authorized, it’s for pre-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) in limited people. But even then it has limited efficacy against the newer #BA5 Omicron variants.

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3) Earlier in October, FDA already warned doctors prescribing @AstraZeneca's Evusheld to inform patients of

"increased risk for developing COVID-19 when exposed to variants of SARS-CoV-2 that are not neutralized" fda.gov/drugs/drug-saf… Image
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