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Bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) receives interim authorization from Health Canada as a treatment for COVID-19.- Eli Lilly
Health Canada granted authorization under the Interim Order Respecting the Importation, Sale and Advertising of Drugs for Use in Relation to COVID-19 for the use of bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) as a treatment for adults and pediatric patients 12 years of age or older with mild to moderate COVID-19 who weigh at least 40 kg and are at high risk of progressing to severe COVID-19 illness and/or hospitalization, Eli Lilly and Company announced.
This authorization, the second authorization around the world for bamlanivimab, is based on data from BLAZE-1, a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled phase II study in patients with recently diagnosed, mild to moderate COVID-19.
Condition: Coronavirus/COVID-19 Infection
Type: drug