{"id":178091,"date":"2021-02-26T16:15:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T21:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=178091"},"modified":"2021-02-26T20:13:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T01:13:46","slug":"u-s-govt-agrees-to-buy-100k-doses-of-eli-lilly-antibody-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-govt-agrees-to-buy-100k-doses-of-eli-lilly-antibody-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. gov\u2019t agrees to buy 100K doses of Eli Lilly antibody treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-govt-agrees-to-buy-100k-doses-of-eli-lilly-antibody-treatment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=178091&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2379753\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2379753\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2379753 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230661865-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"A healthcare worker drops blood for a rapid Covid-19 antibody test at the Southside Church of Christ in Los Angeles, California, on January 18, 2021 as free rapid Covid-19 antibody and PCR tests are administered to local residents in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (Photo by RINGO CHIU \/ AFP) (Photo by RINGO CHIU\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2379753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A healthcare worker drops blood for a rapid Covid-19 antibody test at the Southside Church of Christ in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by RINGO CHIU\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:00 PM PT \u2013 Friday, February 26, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The U.S. government agreed to buy 100,000 doses of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lilly.com\/\">Eli Lilly\u2019s<\/a> COVID antibody therapy.\u00a0According to that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/eli-lilly-says-us-government-has-agreed-to-buy-at-least-100000-doses-of-its-covid-antibody-therapy-2021-02-26\">deal<\/a>, which was announced Friday, the U.S. will pay $210 million for the doses.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden Administration purchases 100,000 treatment courses of Eli Lilly antibody cocktail for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/covid19?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#covid19<\/a> for $210m, with option to buy 1.2M more through November <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vTGrsrox0P\">pic.twitter.com\/vTGrsrox0P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meg Tirrell (@megtirrell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megtirrell\/status\/1365275165618241536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Eli Lilly is expected to ship the doses out by the end of March. The government will also have the option to buy 1.1 million more doses of the treatment through the end of November.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, Lilly announced an agreement with the U.S. government to provide doses of our investigational neutralizing antibodies administered together for the treatment of mild to moderate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> in high-risk patients. Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V1rfceMyLR\">https:\/\/t.co\/V1rfceMyLR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQCobQURhY\">pic.twitter.com\/DQCobQURhY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eli Lilly and Company (@LillyPad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LillyPad\/status\/1365272239797661699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Eli Lilly\u2019s antibody cocktail received Emergency Use Authorization in November for use in high-risk COVID-19 patients.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While vaccines may prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a>, monoclonal antibody treatments could improve COVID-19 symptoms in certain people and help them stay out of the hospital. Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Krfz2EYvMU\">https:\/\/t.co\/Krfz2EYvMU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GWf0QQ0X2C\">pic.twitter.com\/GWf0QQ0X2C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eli Lilly and Company (@LillyPad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LillyPad\/status\/1364998620777385984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/graham-trump-will-be-helpful-to-all-senate-gop-incumbents\/\">Graham: Trump Will \u2018Be Helpful\u2019 To All Senate GOP Incumbents<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274336,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230661865-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"U.S. gov\u2019t agrees to buy 100K doses of Eli Lilly antibody treatment","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230661865-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"U.S. gov\u2019t agrees to buy 100K doses of Eli Lilly antibody treatment","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}