Overnight Health Care: Regeneron asks for emergency authorization of coronavirus treatment Trump received | McConnell says he hasn’t visited White House in two months due to coronavirus | Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums rise 4 percent

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Welcome to Thursday’s Overnight Health Care.  Regeneron filed for emergency authorization of its antibody COVID-19 treatment drug, just hours after President TrumpDonald John TrumpFive takeaways from the vice presidential debate Harris accuses Trump of promoting voter suppression Pence targets Biden over ISIS hostages, brings family of executed aid worker to […]

Trump’s Regeneron Treatment Is a Tangled Ethical Mess

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Text size Michael Nagle/Bloomberg President Donald Trump is illustrating the ethical perils of the “compassionate use” of unapproved medical products in real time. The president’s use of an experimental drug outside of a clinical trial, and the company’s offer of the product to the president’s political rival, raise questions about […]

Trump’s Use of Regeneron Covid Treatment Will Help It Become a Big Seller, Say Analysts

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Text size The president’s surprising use of Regeneron’s experimental treatment for Covid-19 could boost chances that the REGN-COV2 product will get an emergency-use authorization from the FDA. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Add Regeneron Pharmaceuticals ’ antibody cocktail to the list of product endorsements by President Donald Trump. The president’s surprising use of […]