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    The US Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn its emergency use authorisation for the covid-19 antibody drug Evusheld, citing data showing that the treatment is unlikely to be effective against the XBB.1.5 subvariant of omicron now dominant in the United States. Evusheld, manufactured by AstraZeneca, is a combination of two long acting antibodies, tixagevimab and cilgavimab. It is given as…

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    • The US Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn its emergency use authorisation for the covid-19 antibody drug #Evusheld, citing data showing that the treatment is unlikely to be effective against the XBB.1.5 subvariant of omicron now dominant in the US https://t.co/OdGaviMaPm

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    The federal agency does not want clinicians utilizing this neutralizing antibody as newer, circulating COVID-19 strains and efficacy against them is limited.

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    • The #FDA withdrew its Emergency Use Authorization for tixagevimab and cilgavimab #Evusheld in order to limit its use to when the combined frequency of non-susceptible #SARSCoV2 variants nationally is less than or equal to 90%. #IDtwitter #Medtwitter https://t.co/CdlseFtWW7

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    The federal agency does not want clinicians utilizing this neutralizing antibody as newer, circulating COVID-19 strains and efficacy against them is limited.

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    • #Breakingnews The #FDA does not want clinicians utilizing #Evusheld as newer, circulating #COVID19 strains and efficacy against them is limited. https://t.co/CdlseFtWW7 https://t.co/oHl11PV70E

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    Pre-exposure prophylaxis with Evusheld, combined with aggressive outpatient treatment, may reduce COVID-19 severity in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory disease on B-cell depletion, according to a letter published in RMB Open. “It is well-known that this group of patients is at very high risk for severe COVID and death, even when fully vaccinated, and it has become clear that more

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    • ICYMI: “Our data suggest that #Evusheld pre-exposure prophylaxis in combination with aggressive outpatient treatment of #COVID19 is likely effective in lowering risk of severe COVID in this vulnerable group,” @CCalabreseDO told Healio. https://t.co/Vrb7JhvbGq