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Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network December 20, 2022, 5:45 PM ET CDCHAN-00483

 

 Important Updates on COVID-19 Therapeutics for

Treatment and Prevention

 

Health Alert Network (HAN)

Summary

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Update to supplement the CDC HAN Health Advisories issued on April 25, 2022 and May 24, 2022 to emphasize to healthcare providers, public health departments, and the public that the majority of Omicron sublineages circulating in the United States have reduced susceptibility to the monoclonal antibody, bebtelovimab and the monoclonal antibody combination, cilgavimab and tixagevimab (EvusheldTM).

Antiviral therapeutics for the treatment of COVID-19, ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir (PaxlovidTM), remdesivir (Veklury®), and molnupiravir (LagevrioTM), retain activity against currently circulating Omicron sublineages. These medications can prevent severe disease, hospitalization, and death and are widely available but have been underused.