Gov. DeSantis announces state will purchase monoclonal antibody treatment doses directly

[PeteS in CA]

Gov. DeSantis announces state will purchase monoclonal antibody treatment doses directly

https://www.fox13news.com/news/gov-desantis-to-hold-press-conference-at-department-of-health-in-tampa

TAMPA, Fla. - Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday during a stop in Tampa that the state has begun purchasing doses of a monoclonal antibody treatment directly from the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, after the federal government last week took control of distribution of the COVID-19 treatments produced by other companies.

DeSantis said the first purchase was for 3,000 doses of the drug sotrovimab, which was given emergency-use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in May.

The governor said last week that he would pursue a direct-purchasing agreement with GlaxoSmithKline, as the state is unable to directly buy doses of Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody treatment. DeSantis in recent months has touted the Regeneron treatment as being effective for patients with COVID-19 symptoms and set up 25 sites to administer it.

It's kind of pathetically fortunate, but in the LIEden MalAdministration inept bumbling of the Regeneron-Lilly-GSK mab supply availability, a lucky aspect of their ineptitude was not buying up supplies of GSK's mab treatment.

[Wingnut]

DeSantis Claus does it again.  I love this guy! 

Now we have to see how Biden responds to this latest wound to his demented over-sized ego!

[catfish1957]

DeSantis Claus does it again.  I love this guy! 

Now we have to see how Biden responds to this latest wound to his demented over-sized ego!

Divying out life saving health care based on a state or a governor's ideology is just another reason why the nuts need to be cut off of the feral government.