MCAP for top bio/pharma companies reached $3.4 trillion in 2021
Market capitalisation (MCAP) for the top bio/pharma companies grew 24.9 percent in 2021, with BioNTech and Moderna entering the top 20 for the first time.
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Market capitalisation (MCAP) for the top bio/pharma companies grew 24.9 percent in 2021, with BioNTech and Moderna entering the top 20 for the first time.
Based on the latest data, and Omicron's current dominance in the US, the FDA has announced two monoclonal antibody treatments are not authorised for use in any US states, territories and jurisdictions at this time.
In this article, EPR’s Hannah Balfour explores the current usage of monoclonal antibody therapies for COVID-19, with commentary from Professor Adrian Streinu-Cercel of the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy.
In a high-risk patient cohort, treatment with the combination of bamlanivimab and etesevimab reduces COVID-19 related hospitalisation and death by 87 percent.
The human medicines committee decided that there was significant evidence to endorse the use of a combination of bamlanivimab and etesevimab in outpatients at high risk of severe COVID-19.
The Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for bamlanivimab and etesevimab was based on a trial where the antibodies lowered risk of hospitalisation and death in COVID-19 patients.
Data from a Phase III trial shows high-risk patients treated with bamlanivimab and etesevimab were 70 percent less likely to be hospitalised due to COVID-19.
Eli Lilly has given an update on its neutralising antibody programmes, including its combination therapy in patients with COVID-19.