Monoclonal antibodies, which are laboratory-made proteins that mimic the immune system’s mechanism for preventing the virus from entering healthy cells, have been used to treat patients at high risk of becoming severely ill from the coronavirus.
New York University and Valley Health System in northern New Jersey notified doctors Sunday that they are suspending monoclonal antibody programs and will not offer the treatments until they receive more shipments from state and federal health agencies. The hospitals said it was unclear when they will be resupplied.
NYU Langone Health told its doctors that as of Sunday they were not able to place orders for monoclonal antibodies and that on Wednesday “we will no longer be offering these monoclonal antibodies infusions to NYU Langone Health patients,” according to a letter obtained by NBC News. Mount Sinai said Sunday that it was suspending the monoclonal antibody program in its emergency departments because two other monoclonal antibodies — one from Regeneron and the other from Eli Lilly — appear to be ineffective against the omicron variant, which accounts for the vast majority of cases in New York.
"We are doing everything we can to obtain more supply and will update everyone as this evolves," the hospital said in a staff email obtained by NBC News. Quinn declined to say how many doses the company has available, citing confidentiality agreements. The company is supplying sotrovimab in several other countries, including the U.K., Japan and Canada, and it has sold 750,000 doses worldwide, Quinn said.
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