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FDA Approves Emergency Use of Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine

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Health care workers and nursing home residents and staff should get the initial shots, according to guidelines issued recently by a U.S. The nursing home industry applauded the approval. The association represents 14,000 nursing homes and assisted living facilities. ” Who is first in line to be vaccinated?

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Regeneron Announces Encouraging Initial Data from COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail Trial in Hospitalized Patients on Low-flow Oxygen

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29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Phase 3 program in hospitalized patients to continue based on passing futility analysis on ability to reduce incidence of death or mechanical ventilation. As in earlier outpatient trial, immune status when patients entered the trial was a strong predictor of viral load and clinical outcomes.

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New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Positive Initial Regeneron Antibody Cocktail Results in Non-hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

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(NASDAQ: REGN ) today announced that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has published initial clinical data from an ongoing seamless Phase 1/2/3 trial of the antibody cocktail casirivimab and imdevimab in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19. “The investigational cocktail is now available to indicated high-risk U.S.

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BioXcel Therapeutics Receives FDA Clearance of IND for Phase 2 Trial with BXCL501 for the Treatment of Agitation Associated with DeliriumFifth potential indication for BXCL501, an orally dissolving thin film

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The Company plans to initiate a Phase 2 trial within the next several months. “We Agitation associated with delirium is commonly seen in numerous hospital settings, resulting in serious medical complications and extended hospital stays. This condition may be caused by numerous underlying pathologic processes and disease states.

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FDA Set to Approve Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine

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Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve emergency use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine as early as Saturday after its advisory panel cleared the way for the start of a national campaign to inoculate Americans and stem the spread of COVID-19. Third of Americans live where hospitals are short on ICU beds.

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Regeneron Announces U.S. Government Agreement to Purchase Additional COVID-19 Antibody Cocktail Doses

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Doses are being supplied for use pursuant to the FDA Emergency Use Authorization for high-risk patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 in order to reduce the risk of progression to severe COVID-19 and/or hospitalization. To date, nearly 15,000 people have participated in casirivimab and imdevimab clinical trials.

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New Data Show Treatment with Lilly’s Neutralizing Antibodies Bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) and Etesevimab (LY-CoV016) Together Reduced Risk of COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Death by 70 Percent

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“The death toll from COVID-19 continues to rise around the world and hospitalizations, particularly in the U.S., These data further support our belief that bamlanivimab and etesevimab together have the potential to be an important treatment that significantly reduces hospitalizations and death in high-risk COVID-19 patients.