Future US Purchases Of Lilly’s Bamlanivimab Will Depend On Success Of Outpatient Infusion Process
Executive Summary
HHS reverses course on cost sharing for the antibody and says patients will not have to pay. Operation Warp Speed will watch ‘extremely carefully’ to see if the health care system is able to adapt its practices to safely administer to the drug for COVID-19, officials say at a media briefing. FDA-authorized dose of the drug is not too low, Woodcock says.
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