Posted on 10/30/2020 6:44:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
When President Trump emerged from Walter Reed Medical Center, he seemed pretty convinced that the treatment he was given was a cure for COVID-19. He reported feeling better almost immediately after being given Regeneron, a polyclonal antibody formula. Yesterday, Regeneron published the results of the first three phases of their trials for treating COVID-19.
Regeneron has completed the required randomized, double-blind studies that Dr. Fauci insisted on. At the end of September, the company reported that the treatment reduced viral levels in a study of 275 patients who had no evidence of an immune response before receiving the therapy:
“After months of incredibly hard work by our talented team, we are extremely gratified to see that Regeneron’s antibody cocktail REGN-COV2 rapidly reduced viral load and associated symptoms in infected COVID-19 patients,” said George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron. “The greatest treatment benefit was in patients who had not mounted their own effective immune response, suggesting that REGN-COV2 could provide a therapeutic substitute for the naturally-occurring immune response.
Now the company is confirming that the treatment significantly reduced medical visits in a trial of another larger group of patients:
“The first job of an antiviral therapeutic drug is to lower the viral load, and our initial data in 275 patients strongly suggested that the REGN-COV2 antibody cocktail could lower viral load and thereby potentially improve clinical outcomes. Today’s analysis, involving more than 500 additional patients, prospectively confirms that REGN-COV2 can indeed significantly reduce viral load and further shows that these viral reductions are associated with a significant decrease in the need for further medical attention,” said George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron.
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New Data Suggests President Trump May Be Right About .............EVERYTHING.
It seems like President Trump is right about 99% of the time.
Which is weird, because he’s an idiot. I learned that by watching media people who read teleprompters for a living.
Any Comments from the Fauch about Regeneron?
RE: But wait, don’t we need a vaccine? /s
We can have both. There’s no conflict between having a treatment when someone contracts a disease and having a vaccine to prevent the disease.
Winning, Winning, Winning...
You’re going to get tired of winning...
I remember the glee on CNN and elsewhere when it was announced that Trump had COVID. Their worst case scenario was that all his rallies would stop and they’d have 2 or 3 weeks of 24/7 Trump bashing without a response. Their best case scenario is that he would die.
Yep, get treated when symptoms arise and get back to work with immunity - pretty good outcome.
There are two questions:
1) When will it be approved for peasants like us who aren’t the President?
2) If approved, how much will it cost ?
They call him Mr. Right!
Definitely more politician than Dr.
It’s made in my backyard, New York state of all places: https://careers.regeneron.com/rensselaer
A friend knows a higher up there, it should be ready for wide distribution early 2021. I believe your insurance plan will cover most of the cost.
The President has stated more than a dozen times in the past ten days that emergency, expedited authorization is already pending at the FDA for approval and that the cost will be free. Surprised you haven’t heard that.
Fauci is a glory hound who has been wrong about most things he’s involved with. He should be ignored.
Say wat??????
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