Category: AZD7442
AstraZeneca’s antibody cocktail for COVID-19, now called Evushield, has become the first drug in the class to be authorised for prevention of infection by the US FDA. The long-acting antibody combination, formerly known as AZD7442 (tixagevimab and cilgavimab) has been cleared for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) of COVID-19 in adults and adolescents aged 12 and older […]
Shots: The P-III PROVENT & TACKLE trial evaluates AZD7442 (IM) vs PBO in a ratio (2:1) & (1:1) in 5197 & 903 patients with COVID-19 In the PROVENT trial, AZD7442 (300mg) showed an 83% reduction in risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19, 75% of patients had co-morbidities. In an exploratory analysis of a TACKLE outpatient treatment […]
As expected, Merck & Co has moved ahead swiftly with an emergency use application for its oral antiviral molnupiravir, aiming to protect people with mild or moderate COVID-19 from developing severe disease with a drug that can be delivered outside hospital. Merck & partner Ridgeback Therapeutics have filed for approval to use molnupiravir in adults […]
Shots: The P-III TACKLE trial evaluates the safety & efficacy of AZD7442 (600mg, IM) as monothx. vs PBO in a ratio (1:1) in 903 outpatients aged ≥18yrs. who were non-hospitalized with COVID-19 & symptomatic for ≤7 days The trial met its 1EPs i.e., 50% reduction in risk of severe COVID-19 or death from any cause, […]
AstraZeneca has sought emergency use authorisation for its antibody combination AZD7442, following trial results indicating it can prevent symptomatic COVID-19 infection when given to healthy patients. AZD7442 (tixagevimab/cilgavimab) is the first long-acting antibody drug that has demonstrated it can be used in this way, reducing the risk of symptomatic COVID-19 by 77% compared to placebo […]
AstraZeneca’s AZD7442 has shown that it can prevent COVID-19 infection when given to healthy patients – the first time this has been demonstrated by a long-acting antibody-based drug. The results of the almost 5,200-patient PROVENT study show that pre-exposure prophylaxis using the antibody combination reduced the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 by 77% compared to […]
The drug, AZD7442, is designed to potentially provide at least six months of protection from Covid-19. The trial, which is funded by federal defense and health authorities in the U.S., is enrolling up to 48 healthy volunteers in the U.K. AstraZeneca’s double-antibody approach is similar to that of Regeneron and Roche with their drug, REGN-COV2.
The first patients have been dosed in a trial of two AstraZeneca antibodies, collectively known as AZD7442, that are being developed to both treat and prevent coronavirus infections. The phase 1 trial – funded by the US government – will take place in the UK and will test the safety of AZD7442 and its pharmacokinetic […]
Shots: The first participants have been dosed in a P-I trial of AZD7442 to assess safety, tolerability, and PK of the combination mAbs in up to 48 healthy participants aged 18-55 yrs. in the UK. The study is funded by DARPA If AZD7442 proves to be tolerated and has a favorable safety profile in the […]