A March study of 2,100 residents in Java, Indonesia’s most populous island, has revealed that 99.2% of people had antibodies for Covid-19. The island is home to 150 million people and the country’s top tourist spot, Bali. Antibodies are formed in people who have been vaccinated or have recovered from …
Read More »FDA bans ‘Trump’ antibody treatment
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revoked its emergency use authorizations for two kinds of monoclonal antibodies treatments produced by Regeneron and Eli Lilly. The regulator said the two therapeutics were “highly unlikely to be active against the omicron variant.” With the authorization revoked, neither drug is now …
Read More »Antibody neutralizing all Covid variants found, Chinese scientists claim
In a study published on Tuesday, Chinese scientists from a variety of institutions, including Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou and Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, suggested that they may have the panacea to the Covid-19 pandemic. The authors claim that monoclonal antibody 35B5 has been shown in both in vitro (laboratory …
Read More »Antibody cocktail, touted by Trump as ‘cure’ for Covid-19, to be launched across UK next week for coronavirus patients
The drug, jointly developed by Roche and Regeneron, will be initially used among those with a weak antibody response to the virus, British health authorities said Friday. “We have secured a brand new treatment for our most vulnerable patients in hospitals across the UK and I am thrilled it will …
Read More »Germany buys Trump-touted antibody cocktail against Covid-19 at $2,400 per dose – health minister
“Starting next week, the monoclonal antibodies will be used in Germany as the first country in the EU. Initially in university clinics,” German Health Minister Jens Spahn said in an interview with Bild am Sonntag, which was published on Sunday. The drug is produced by the biotech lab Regeneron, which …
Read More »Bought by the Moscow “European” antibody tests turned out to be Chinese and inaccurate
“European” rapid tests for antibodies to coronavirus, purchased by the Moscow authorities, turned out to be Chinese and inaccurate The Moscow government bought hundreds of thousands of rapid tests for antibodies to the coronavirus and claim that they are produced in the Netherlands and are of high accuracy. Actually …
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