AstraZeneca's Evusheld (tixagevimab and cilgavimab) Receives EC’s Approval for the Treatment of COVID-19
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- The EC has approved Evusheld in adults & adolescents aged ≥12yrs. with COVID‑19 who do not require supplemental oxygen & with a high risk of progressing to sev. COVID‑19
- The approval was based on the P-III (TACKLE) trial evaluating Evusheld (300mg each, IM) vs PBO in a ratio (1:1) in 903 patients with COVID-19 who were symptomatic for ≤7 days
- The results showed that 1 IM dose of Evusheld provides protection against progression to sev. COVID-19 or death from any cause, 90% were at high risk due to co-morbidities or age, 50% reduction in relative risk of progressing to sev. COVID-19 or death @29 Days in non-hospitalized patients; risk reduction (88% & 67%) within 3 & 5 days of symptom onset in pre-specified analyses, was well tolerated
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