(Reuters) -Eli Lilly on Tuesday announced a pact with the eu fee to supply as much as 220,000 doses of its COVID-19 twin antibody cocktail to European international locations for patients aged 12 years and older who are at a excessive risk of progressing to severe disorder.
The medicine, a mixture of bamlanivimab and etesevimab, is intended to be used in sufferers who don't require supplemental oxygen for COVID-19.
The contract allows for taking part international locations within the European Union and European financial enviornment to buy the items at once from Lilly, following authorization, Lilly pointed out, including that the portions purchased may also fluctuate in response to local wants.
while a number of European international locations have previously ordered bamlanivimab and etesevimab within the first half of the 12 months and have inventory on hand, this contract provides access to further doses for taking part nations, may still they be necessary, Lilly talked about.
The drugmaker stated it does not count on an have an effect on to its 2021 fiscal outlook as a result of this agreement.
Lilly final week stated the U.S. executive had bought 388,000 additional doses of its COVID-19 antibody therapy, etesevimab to be paired with the existing deliver of bamlanivimab.
(Reporting via Manojna Maddipatla in Bengaluru; modifying via Vinay Dwivedi)
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