Coronavirus Update: Pfizer and BioNTech launch study of omicron-specific vaccine
One day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it’s halting the use of antibody drugs as COVID-19 treatments because they don’t work on the highly contagious omicron variant, Pfizer and German partner BioNTech announced they are launching a trial to evaluate an omicron-oriented vaccine in healthy adults aged 18 to 55.
On Monday, the FDA said the COVID antibody drugs from Regeneron REGN, -1.85% and Eli Lilly LLY, -1.45% should no longer be used as treatments and revoked its emergency-use authorization for both drugs. In a statement, the agency acknowledged that omicron now accounts for 99% of new cases, making it “highly unlikely” they would help people seeking treatment, as the Associated Press reported.
Hospitalizations remain above 156,000 a day but seem to be reaching a peak in many places. But deaths are still above 2,000 a day, meaning the U.S. is suffering casualties on the same scale as the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, every two days. A New York state judge ruled Monday that the state’s face-mask mandate in public places is unconstitutional and now void, the New York Times reported, citing court documents.
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