{"id":25604,"date":"2020-10-09T07:17:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T07:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=25604"},"modified":"2020-10-09T07:17:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T07:17:16","slug":"eli-lilly-and-co-seek-emergency-fda-approval-for-experimental-antibody-therapy-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=25604","title":{"rendered":"Eli Lilly and Co. Seek Emergency FDA Approval for Experimental Antibody Therapy for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Eli Lilly and Co. is seeking U.S. approval for emergency use of an experimental antibody therapy for COVID-19.\" class=\"healthday_image\" height=\"340\" itemprop=\"Image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.medicinenet.com\/images\/mobile\/hp_promo\/fda-building.jpg\" width=\"340\"\/><\/div>\n<p>THURSDAY, Oct. 8, 2020 &#8212; Eli Lilly and Co. is seeking U.S. approval for emergency use of an experimental antibody therapy for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/wuhan_coronavirus_outbreak_2019-ncov\/article.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"slide\">COVID-19<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is based on partial clinical trial findings suggesting the drug reduced symptoms, the amount of virus, hospitalizations and ER visits for patients with mild or moderate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/wuhan_coronavirus_2019-ncov_symptoms_and_signs\/symptoms.htm\" onclick=\"wmdTrack('embd-lnk');\" rel=\"sym\">COVID-19<\/a>, the <i>Associated Press<\/i> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The results were released Wednesday in a news release, and they haven&#8217;t been published or reviewed by independent researchers.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA granted emergency approval for the antiviral drug remdesivir, but it&#8217;s not clear if there&#8217;s enough evidence for Lilly&#8217;s antibody therapy to be approved, the <i>AP<\/i> reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"credits\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MedicalNews\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.medicinenet.com\/images\/HealthDay\/healthday.png\" style=\"border: none;\"\/><br \/>Copyright \u00a9 2019 HealthDay. 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