Anger Over Access To AstraZeneca's Evusheld Peaks In UK

Sales Of COVID-19 Antibody Have Slowed

News that the UK government will not procur any doses of AstraZeneca’s Evusheld for the prevention of COVID-19 infections in immunocompromised people has been greeted with dismay and the move will hurt the combo's already-limited sales growth.

Sodertalje, Sweden - April 27, 2014: Three purple flags with the logo for Atrazeneca flying in the wind on top of the flagpoles against the blue sky.
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The access issues that are hampering sales growth for AstraZeneca PLC's Evusheld, are firmly in the spotlight again with the UK government's decision not to buy the antibody cocktail for the prevention of COVID-19 being described as irrenponsible and nonsense.

Evusheld (tixagevimab/cilgavimab) has full approval in the EU and received conditional marketing authorization in March across the Channel from the...

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