FDA approves new drug to protect babies from RSV
Respiratory syncytial virus is the leading cause of hospitalization in American infants.
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Respiratory syncytial virus is the leading cause of hospitalization in American infants.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials on Monday approved the first long-acting drug to protect babies and toddlers against a respiratory virus that sends tens of thousands of American children to the hospital each year. RSV is a cold-like nuisance for most healthy people, but it can be life-threatening in the very young and the elderly. […]
Sanofi's RSV antibody shot, nirsevimab, got FDA approval to protect infants on Monday.
The FDA has approved usage of Beyfortus in babies and toddlers to protect them against the effects of the RSV lower respiratory tract disease.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a treatment for the prevention of RSV among infants and toddlers, making it the first preventive drug for the common virus that surged last winter among small children. The FDA approved nirsevimab-alip, or Beyfortus, for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) among newborns and infants born…