European Union To Approve First Covid Antibody Drugs Amid Spike In Cases
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The European Union drugs regulator is set to authorise the use of two monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 this week, to treatments developed by US biotech firm Regeneron and Swiss giant Roche, one source said
The European Union drugs regulator is set to authorise the use of two monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 patients in coming days, two EU sources told Reuters, in its first approvals of such therapies.
The authorisations would come as the bloc faces a new surge in infections and hospitalisations despite high vaccination levels in many countries.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will this week give the green light to the treatment developed by US biotech firm Regeneron and Swiss giant Roche, one source said. The cocktail of antibodies is known as REGEN-COV in the United States, and is sold elsewhere under the brand name Ronapreve.
The European regulator will also authorise this week the use in the EU of the monoclonal antibody Regkirona, developed by South Korean biotech company Celltrion, the source added, asking not to be named because the information is still confidential.
