The Biden administration is starting to ration doses of monoclonal antibodies being used by states for treating Covid patients.
Several southern states with Republican leadership have adopted the Regeneron or GlaxoSmithKline treatments as a tool to fight Covid, showing promise when used early.
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which oversees the distribution of the monoclonal antibodies, is upping their weekly shipment from 100,000 to 150,000, but the states that use the most will now be limited.
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In Texas, Congressman Chip Roy penned a letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra regarding reports that numerous doctors and healthcare professionals who serve COVID-19 patients in the state are already being denied or limited orders for these treatments by the federal agency.
“These recent changes have appeared to have an immediate effect on the ability to expeditiously care for and treat COVID-19 patients,” Roy wrote Monday. “It is essential that providers have the freedom to choose what treatments are most suitable for their patients without interference or delays caused by your department.”
The congressman asked HHS to respond to the following questions:
- For what reasons, and by whom, was this change authorized?
- Is there a current or expected shortage of any monoclonal antibody treatments in the U.S.? If so, which treatments?
- Nationally, how many doses of each antibody treatment, including bamlanivimab, bamlanivimab/etesevimab, and casirivimab/imdevimab, are currently available?
- Your notice indicates this is a temporary change. If this is the case, when does HHS plan to revert to normal procedures for ordering these antibody treatments?
- Under what regulatory or statutory authority is HHS operating under to limit and review orders or limiting these orders to sites with HHSProtect accounts?
- Is HHS prioritizing providers with HHSProtect accounts for fulfillment of orders of mAb treatments?
- Is HHS reviewing all U.S. provider mAb treatment orders?
The move by the Biden administration could result in thousands of deaths throughout the nation.
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