FDA Pulls Authorization for Evusheld, Says It’s Ineffective Against New COVID Mutations

FDA Pulls Authorization for Evusheld, Says It’s Ineffective Against New COVID Mutations
Packaging and vials for AstraZeneca's Evusheld antibody COVID-19 medication. AstraZeneca via AP
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Evusheld has become the latest COVID-19 antibody drug to lose federal authorization after it was deemed ineffective against the dominant versions of the virus.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday withdrew its emergency use authorization for Evusheld, a two-dose cocktail of monoclonal antibodies meant to provide protection to those who have a compromised immune system that makes them more vulnerable to severe COVID-19 infection than others.