Biden Administration Buys 600,000 Treatment Courses of New COVID Antibody Drug That ‘Works Against Omicron Variant’

Biden Administration Buys 600,000 Treatment Courses of New COVID Antibody Drug That ‘Works Against Omicron Variant’
President Joe Biden speaks at an event at the White House in Washington on Feb. 2, 2022. Cheriss May/Reuters
Katabella Roberts
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The Biden administration has purchased 600,000 treatment courses of a new COVID-19 monoclonal antibody drug that data shows works against the omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.

Known as bebtelovimab, the drug is manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company, an American pharmaceutical company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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