FDA approves antibody to protect infants from RSV, a virus that's the leading cause of hospitalization in infants under a year old in the US
This fall, parents and pediatricians will have a new option to protect babies from a lung-attacking virus that is the leading cause of hospitalization in infants under a year old in the United States every year. The US Food and Drug Administration approved nirsevimab to protect newborns from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, on Monday. Nirsevimab, which will be sold under the brand name Beyfortus, is not a vaccine. Vaccines prompt the body to make antibodies to defend against pathogens.
Or if the babies are able to be given this antibody, also great, and I think there is some evidence that they work together.” In a presentation at their June meeting, the ACIP committee thinking through the potential use of the antibody said that it may make sense to give both types of protection in certain circumstances, but that most healthy babies will need only one or the other.
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