Health Ministry approves use of Evusheld medication for Covid-19 prevention


PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has agreed to grant additional indication approval for the product Evusheld 100mg/ml solution for injection (Tixagevimab 100mg/ml and Cilgavimab 100mg/ml) manufactured by Astrazeneca AB of Sweden.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the approval was made at the 383rd Drug Control Authority (DCA) meeting which convened on Thursday (April 6).

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