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U.S. gov’t agrees to buy 100K doses of Eli Lilly antibody treatment

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A healthcare worker drops blood for a rapid Covid-19 antibody test at the Southside Church of Christ in Los Angeles, California, on January 18, 2021 as free rapid Covid-19 antibody and PCR tests are administered to local residents in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (Photo by RINGO CHIU / AFP) (Photo by RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images)

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UPDATED 5:00 PM PT – Friday, February 26, 2021​


The U.S. government agreed to buy 100,000 doses of Eli Lilly’s COVID antibody therapy. According to that deal, which was announced Friday, the U.S. will pay $210 million for the doses.

Biden Administration purchases 100,000 treatment courses of Eli Lilly antibody cocktail for #covid19 for $210m, with option to buy 1.2M more through November pic.twitter.com/vTGrsrox0P

— Meg Tirrell (@megtirrell) February 26, 2021


Eli Lilly is expected to ship the doses out by the end of March. The treatment combines 700 mg of bamlanivimab and 1400 mg of etesevimab. The government will also have the option to buy 1.1 million more doses of the treatment through the end of November.

Today, Lilly announced an agreement with the U.S. government to provide doses of our investigational neutralizing antibodies administered together for the treatment of mild to moderate #COVID19 in high-risk patients. Learn more: https://t.co/V1rfceMyLR pic.twitter.com/DQCobQURhY

— Eli Lilly and Company (@LillyPad) February 26, 2021


In November of 2020, Eli Lilly’s antibody cocktail received Emergency Use Authorization for use in high-risk COVID-19 patients.

While vaccines may prevent #COVID19, monoclonal antibody treatments could improve COVID-19 symptoms in certain people and help them stay out of the hospital. Learn more: https://t.co/Krfz2EYvMU pic.twitter.com/GWf0QQ0X2C

— Eli Lilly and Company (@LillyPad) February 25, 2021


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