Coronavirus Update: As Pfizer/BioNTech Begin Omicron Vaccine Tests, Regulators Want To Explore Multivalent Route
Plus: One Step Forward For Veklury, Two Steps Back For REGEN-COV
Executive Summary
Pfizer explores options for new vaccine update, Veklury expands to non-hospitalized patients but Regeneron and Lilly therapies stopped in face of Omicron efficacy drop-off.
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