Eli Lilly Gets Deal With U.S. Government for Covid-19 Neutralizing Antibody
October 28 2020 - 7:29AM
Dow Jones News
By Matt Grossman
Eli Lilly & Co. said Wednesday it would supply to the U.S.
government 300,000 vials of a neutralizing antibody that could
treat Covid-19 in a $375 million deal. The deal is contingent on
the antibody's receiving an authorization from the Food and Drug
Administration, according to the company.
The arrangement also gives the government the option to buy an
additional 650,000 vials of the antibody, called bamlanivimab,
through the end of June 2021. Eli Lilly applied in early October
for an emergency-use authorization for the antibody's use in
high-risk patients with mild to moderate Covid-19.
Under the deal, the U.S. has committed that patients won't be
charged for the medication, although health-care facilities could
charge a fee to administer it.
Eli Lilly said it is working on distribution plans for the
antibody. "The intravenous administration of therapeutics to
patients with confirmed mild to moderate Covid-19 presents unique
challenges to the healthcare system," the company said.
The company plans to manufacture up to 1 million doses of
bamlanivimab by the end of the year and would have 100,000 doses
ready to ship within days of authorization, it said.
Write to Matt Grossman at matt.grossman@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 28, 2020 07:14 ET (11:14 GMT)
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