Companies test antibody drugs to treat, prevent COVID-19

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With a coronavirus vaccine still months off, companies are rushing to test what may be the next best thing.

In this May 2020 photo provided by Eli Lilly, a researcher tests possible COVID-19 antibodies in a laboratory in Indianapolis. Antibodies are proteins the body makes when an infection occurs; they attach to a virus and help it be eliminated.

These drugs are believed to last for a month or more and could give quick, temporary immunity to people at high risk of infection, such as health workers and housemates of someone with COVID-19. If they proved effective and if a vaccine doesn’t materialize or protect as hoped, the drugs might eventually be considered for wider use, perhaps for teachers or other groups.

“Our goal is to get something out as soon as possible” and to have hundreds of thousands of doses ready by fall, said Lilly’s chief scientific officer, Dr. Daniel Skovronsky. Lilly is testing two different, single-antibody drugs — one with the Canadian company AbCellera and another with a Chinese company, Junshi Biosciences. In July, Junshi said no safety concerns emerged in 40 healthy people who tried it and that larger studies were getting underway.

 

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Your wrong. The Russians have come to our rescue. If you go first I’ll step up.

Let’s hope this happens

I'm not convinced that antibodies are effective facing an RNA virus

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Companies can't do anything if they follow paid WHO By the way wear a mask, wash hand continuously, make distance and see companies play f*k play

Why do we need a vaccine for a very preventable, very treatable disease from communist China? Let's just tell democrat governors and the mainstream media to stop doing these things: Covid19 Coronavirus RussianCollusion

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But we were told it would be ready 8 am Nov 3rd 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

Didnt Russia say they found a vaccine or

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