Correspondence

Decision on Evusheld as a coronavirus (COVID-19) treatment: letter to patient groups

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's letter to a group of charities and patients on the decision not to procure Evusheld as a COVID-19 treatment.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP
• Published: 6 October 2022

This was published under the 2022 Truss Conservative government

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Decision on Evusheld as a COVID-19 treatment

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This letter from the Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP, then Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, was sent to a group of charities and patient groups on 5 September 2022.

It gives an overview of the:

• information that was used in the decision by the UK government not to procure Evusheld (tixagevimab plus cilgavimab) as a pre-exposure prophylaxis used in the treatment of COVID-19
• expert advice provided by the research to access pathway for investigational drugs for COVID-19 (RAPID C-19) Oversight Group, and the limitations of the data available
• next steps the government is considering

This correspondence has been published alongside the RAPID C-19 Oversight Group’s independent review of the efficacy of Evusheld.

Published 6 October 2022