Tag: monoclonal antibodies

Retracted COVID-19 Papers Cited 7 Times per Paper

An Australian investigation into COVID-19 research found that among the more than 270,000 papers that have been published since the start of the pandemic, 212 retracted papers were cited 2,697 times, with a median of seven times per paper. Publishing processes were often compromised with COVID-19, according to the co-author of the investigation and director…


Biden Administration Sued Over Records on Withholding COVID-19 Treatment From Florida

A watchdog seeking records from President Joe Biden’s administration on the rationing of a key COVID-19 treatment is suing the government for not providing the records in a timely manner. The Functional Government Initiative (FGI) is seeking records that will shed light on why the administration cut shipments of monoclonal antibodies to Florida and other…


Facts Matter (June 9): 100% of Cancer Patients in Remission After Monoclonal Antibody Trial: ‘Tumors Just Vanished’

Researchers just published a new study that, for the first time, found a treatment that completely removed rectal cancer in every patient that participated—meaning that every single patient in the study is in remission, with no chemo, no radiation, and no surgery. And even though the study was small, the results are not only heartening,…


A Timeline of How Key COVID-19 Treatments Have Been Treated by Regulators

Regulators have put different COVID-19 treatments through different degrees of scrutiny, with some relatively safe treatments getting short shrift, while others get an accelerated approval. While vaccines experienced strong and unflinching support, monoclonal antibodies have had a rocky path to sometimes fleeting approvals. Other treatments, like ivermectin, never got approval in the United States but…


How the Decisions to Nix Certain Monoclonal Antibodies Were Made

Monoclonal antibodies have had their share of ups and downs in the timeline of COVID-19 treatments—but according to news headlines spanning the past two years—not nearly as much as some of the other off-label drugs like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. Most of the controversy, if any at all, began at the end of last year, when…


Florida to Receive 4,000 Doses of New Monoclonal Antibodies Treatment

PUNTA GORDA, Florida–Florida is scheduled to receive 4,000 doses of a monoclonal antibody treatment that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found to be effective against the omicron variant that is derived from COVID-19. On Feb. 11,  the FDA sent a letter to Eli Lily, the maker of Bebtelovimab, that the company has…


Experts Divided on US Drug Regulators Revoking Authorization of Key COVID-19 Treatments

The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to effectively revoke emergency use authorization for two monoclonal antibody treatments has left experts divided, with some calling it the right move and others asserting it shouldn’t have been done. The agency, of the FDA, on Jan. 24 announced it was barring use of treatments from Eli Lilly and…


DeSantis Angry Over Decision to Revoke Emergency Use of Monoclonal Antibodies

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is “hopping mad” over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to pull emergency use authorization of monoclonal antibody treatments and has vowed to “fight back.” On Jan. 25 more than 2,000 Floridians woke up to emails and text messages telling them their appointments to receive monoclonal therapies were canceled…


Florida Shuts Down all Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Sites After FDA Revokes Authorization

All state-run monoclonal antibody treatment sites in Florida are being shut down after U.S. drug regulators revoked emergency use authorization for the two most widely used monoclonals. The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) move banned, at least for now, the use of monoclonals produced by Regeneron and Eli Lilly. The regulator said the most recent…


Florida Shuts Down Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Sites After FDA Revokes Authorization

All state-run monoclonal antibody treatment sites in Florida are being shut down after U.S. drug regulators revoked emergency use authorization for the two most widely used monoclonals. The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) move banned, at least for now, the use of monoclonals produced by Regeneron and Eli Lilly. The regulator said the most recent…