Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Seeks to Bypass Biden HHS & Buy Monoclonals Directly from Drug-Makers

[Elderberry]

Legal Insurrection by Leslie Eastman 9/18/2021

DeSantis evaluating Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline treatment options.

One long-term benefit of President Donald Trump’s term in office is that Americans became accustomed to seeing state governors outright rejecting presidential proposals very robustly and very publicly.

Turnabout is fair play, and Biden is now enjoying the fruits of the tree the Democrats planted and nurtured for four years.

I recently noted that the Biden Administration was planning to take over nationwide distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments. Ostensibly, officials say, it is in the name of equity, as 70% of those treatments have gone to red states.

Furthermore, Governor Ron DeSantis has had a great deal of success opening up clinics across Florida to help promote early treatment.

It appears Team Biden did not count on DeSantis’ tenacity or capitalism. The feds simply bought up all the Regeneron.

It turns out there are other monoclonal antibody treatments, and DeSantis is pursing those products.

More: https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/09/florida-gov-ron-desantis-seeks-to-bypass-biden-hhs-buy-monoclonals-directly-from-drug-makers/

[IsailedawayfromFR]

This is what leaders do.

Rather than spending lots of time whining and blaming others, a real leader acts to help his citizens.

Am getting more and more impressed by this guy from Florida.

[skeeter]

This is what leaders do.

Rather than spending lots of time whining and blaming others, a real leader acts to help his citizens.

Am getting more and more impressed by this guy from Florida.

Agree. There’s always some action, some response to the left, that can be taken. We’re so used to representatives who do nothing a guy who actually fights back effectively is a novelty.

[PeteS in CA]

For further background, https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,448578.0.html .

Regeneron's mab and Eli Lilly's mab received Emergency Use Authorization some 10 months ago. Lilly's EUA was rescinded in April, at Lilly's request, after the approval of another EUA for a combination the initial mab with another into a "cocktail". GSK/Vir's mab received EUA in May 2021.

Being administered under Emergency Use Authorization, all three are "experimental", i.e. not fully approved. Have any anti-Covid-vaxxers noticed this yet?