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Lifesaving Covid-19 antibody treatments are plentiful, but still sitting on the shelf – CNN
Monoclonal antibody treatments for coronavirus are plentiful, but hardly anyone is getting them.
(CNN)To treat Covid-19 patients with monoclonal antibodies — one of the few lifesaving treatments available — Piedmont Healthcare in Georgia had to restructure office areas, lay in new IT and recruit staff.
They had to do it all over the holidays. During a pandemic.
“It’s been a massive effort on a lot of people’s part,” said Scott McAuley, executive director of pharmacy for Piedmont, who had to figure out how to create the Covid-19 monoclonal antibody treatment program.
Studies show these treatments…
