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NIH Statement on Casirivimab Plus Imdevimab as PEP

Angie SzumlinskiNews

Vaccination remains the most effective way to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, despite widespread availability of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, a number of individuals are either not fully vaccinated or cannot mount adequate responses to the vaccine. Some of these people, if infected, are at high risk of progression to serious COVID-19. On July 30, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) indication for the anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies casirivimab plus imdevimab to allow this combination to be used as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for selected individuals, as described here:

https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/therapies/statement-on-casirivimab-plus-imdevimab-as-pep/