Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will develop and release a “next generation” antibody treatment against the omicron variant early next year
the company has tested a “whole host of new antibodies” that work against the delta and omicron variants.Thursday morning that their antibodies have “diminished potency” against the omicron variant.
Schleifer said he hopes to start human trials early next year and seek Food and Drug Administration approval as quickly as possible. The current antibody cocktail still is effective against the delta variant, according to Schleifer, which is still the dominant variant in the U.S.18. That’s how many monoclonal antibodies were found to be significantly impacted by the omicron variant out of 19, according to
by Dr. David Ho, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Columbia University, but the study has not yet been peer-reviewed.Covid-19 cases are on the rise in the U.S. yet again, with the country averaging 120,000 new cases per day multiple days in the past week. Hospitalizations are also surging, leading
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