Lilly Needs Updated FDA Authorization To Sell COVID Antibody On Commercial Market

Biden administration will run out of supply of Lilly’s covid antibody bebtelovimab in August, forcing a shift to commercial market due to lack of funds. The transition will require changes to the emergency use authorization and involve a price hike.

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Dwindling government COVID funds shifts Lilly antibody sales to commercial market • Source: Shutterstock

The US Food and Drug Administration will need to change Eli Lilly and Company’s letter of authorization for bebtelovimab in order for the company to transition its COIVD-19 monoclonal antibody to the commercial market, a prospect other sponsors may need to think about as US government pandemic funding runs low.

The drug’s current authorization says that distribution will be controlled by the US government and directs Lilly to supply the drug to healthcare

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