FDA: Lilly’s COVID Drug Not Expected To Work Against BQ.1, BQ.1.1

By Beth Wang / November 4, 2022 at 3:36 PM

FDA on Friday (Nov. 4) cautioned health care providers that Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 monoclonal antibody bebtelovimab is not expected to neutralize Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, which comprise about 17% and 19% of coronavirus cases in the United States, respectively.



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