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Trump administration agrees to purchase $375 million of Lilly coronavirus antibody drug
The Trump administration will pay Eli Lilly $375 million to supply 300,000 doses of its experimental antibody drug to treat COVID-19, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.
If the Food and Drug Administration authorizes use of the drug, the federal government will allocate the doses to state and territorial health departments which, in turn, will determine which health care facilities receive the drug for use in outpatient care. ...
Fauci: COVID vaccine likely not available until next year
A potential COVID-19 vaccine will not likely be available until next year, Anthony Fauci said Wednesday.
During a virtual Q&A with the editor in chief of the medical journal JAMA, Fauci said companies by December will likely have enough data for the independent safety monitoring board to recommend applying for emergency authorization, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may not grant that authorization until January at the earliest.
Fauci cautioned that FDA's vaccine committee is going to want to see "good enough safety data and even prolonged efficacy data."
From that point in December, Fauci said FDA authorization could come in January, or it could be later. ...
