Coronavirus Update: Once Written Off, Roche's Actemra Finally Gets EUA In COVID-19

Plus mRNA Vaccines To Carry Myocarditis Warning

Actemra finally gains an emergency use authorization, Lilly's antibodies withdrawn again amid Delta variant concerns, plus Latin America’s belief in an anti-parasite drug in COVID-19 could soon be punctured.

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The US government's campaign to immunize its 17 million 12-to-15 year-olds began in May. Meanwhile there are signs that uptake in the 18- to 26 age bracket is stalling. • Source: Getty Images

Roche's Actemra has been granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) in the US, helping to resolve uncertainty about its benefits to COVID-19 patients which have hung over it since the start of the pandemic.

Actemra (tocilizumab) was one of the first drugs to be tried in hospitalized patients when SARS-CoV-2 emerged in China in...

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