How Much Should Governments Pay For COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Therapies?

US government’s $450m manufacturing commitment for Regeneron’s antibody cocktail and Gilead’s price for remdesivir drive lower expectations on pricing for the antibody treatments, especially since it seems likely there could be several competing products.

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Monoclonal Antibody Drugs For COVID-19 Advancing Rapidly

The public spotlight has turned toward monoclonal antibody therapies for COVID-19 following President Trump’s recent treatment with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s experimental cocktail and Eli Lilly and Company’s move to seek an emergency use authorization for its single antibody drug, raising questions about how they will be priced.

Regeneron’s manufacturing and supply agreement with the US government for its antibody treatment offers some preliminary guidance. Under the Regeneron contract, the government has committed $450m to support manufacturing of a fixed number of doses (estimated range of 70,000 to 300,000 as a treatment), which would imply a per dose price in the $1,500 to $6,429 range

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