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FDA Pulls Authorization for Lilly’s COVID Drug Bebtelovimab

FDA says the drug is not expected to neutralize the dominant BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 subvariants of Omicron.

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By: Kristin Brooks

Managing Editor, Contract Pharma

The U.S. FDA has pulled authorization for Eli Lilly and Co’s COVID-19 drug bebtelovimab, citing it is not expected to neutralize the dominant BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 subvariants of Omicron.   In February, the FDA issued Emergency Use Authorization for bebtelovimab, a monoclonal antibody treatment that demonstrated neutralization against the Omicron variant.   The data supporting this EUA were primarily based on analyses demonstrating that bebtelovimab retains full neutralizing activity against...

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