STAT March 22, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized a new antibody to protect immunocompromised individuals against Covid-19.
The drug, known as Pemgarda and marketed by the biotech Invivyd, is the first such drug to become available since the agency pulled AstraZeneca’s Evusheld off the market in January 2023. New Omicron variants had rendered Evusheld ineffective.
Some immunocompromised patients — a group that includes certain cancer patients, patients with some autoimmune or genetic disorders, and organ transplant recipients — have been eagerly awaiting the new prophylactic. Because their condition or drugs they take for it weaken their immune systems, they don’t always get adequate protection from vaccination. Antibody treatments can add additional protection.
There remains a need for additional...
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