PARIS, Sept 24 ― The World Health Organisation today recommended the synthetic antibody treatment Regeneron for Covid-19, but only in patients with specific health profiles.
In July, WHO gave the nod to a class of drugs that act to suppress a dangerous overreaction of the immune system to the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid. For the second category of patient covered by the new WHO recommendation, another trial has reported a reduced number of deaths, and cases requiring mechanical ventilation, in patients taking the drugs.
When used together, the monoclonal antibodies casirivimab and imdevimab bind to the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, neutralising the virus’s ability to infect cells. “WHO is also in discussions with the company for a donation and distribution of the drug through Unicef.”
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