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Forbes
17 Jul 2023


The Food and Drug Administration approved the monoclonal antibody treatment Beyfortus to prevent respiratory syncytial virus—the leading cause of hospitalizations in U.S. infants less than a year old.

RS virus patients in the children's hospital

RSV often results in emergency room visits for infants under a year old who contract the virus. ... [+] Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa (Photo by Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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The drug—made by AstraZeneca—will be administered as a single injection to infants prior to RSV season in the latter months of the year.

Around 2% of children less than a year old are hospitalized by RSV every year, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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