Government's Evusheld decision 'disappointing' says widower

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Juliet Coffer's husband says others would benefit from Covid vaccine for immunosuppressed people.

: "There is not enough evidence of its effectiveness against current variants and those likely to be circulating in the next six months."

The watchdog said it understood the decision would "be disappointing", adding : "We are developing a process to monitor real world data and re-evaluate the medicines as needed against the data in a faster way."Research from the US and Israel suggests Evusheld reduces the risk of infection by about 50%The drug's manufacturer AstraZeneca said there was "ample real-world data" that it worked. It is currently available in 32 countries.

"I'm not protected from the vaccines because I can't make antibodies because I'm on immunosuppressant drugs," she explained. She said having a drug like Evusheld was "very important to people like me because we'd get frontline protection".

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