Posted on 04/15/2020 9:55:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Two COVID-19 patients who have been treated with the Israeli drug Opaganib have been showing signs of improvement after being on the drug for days.
The Jerusalem Post reported that the patients had moderate-to-severe symptoms of the virus and one of them was in the ICU; after being treated with Opaganib and hydroxychloroquine — the anti-malarial drug that President Donald Trump has touted — both patients saw “significant improvement.” The patient in the ICU was released after taking the medications.
Mark L. Levitt, the director of RedHill Biopharma — the Raleigh, N.C.-based company that developed Opaganib — said in an April 13 statement that the preliminary results of the drug are quite promising.
“Our hope is that the unique mechanism of action of Opaganib, with both anti-viral and anti-inflammatory activity, will help COVID-19 patients by reducing lung inflammation, and thus preventing the disease from progressing to a stage which requires mechanical ventilation,” Levitt said. “Importantly, Opaganib is targeting a critical host factor that the coronavirus is unlikely to evade via mutation in possible future outbreaks of the pandemic.”
Opaganib was approved for use on 160 patients in Italy and has been used on 131 patients in the U.S. The Jewish Chronicle noted that the drug “is not a vaccine, nor is it meant to build immunity or prevent infection.”
Another recent Israeli medication used to treat COVID-19 included Pluristem Therapeutics’ placental expanded cells (PLX) treatment that curbs overactive immune systems from causing pneumonia in COVID-19 patients. The treatment was used on seven patients; on April 7, it was reported that six of the seven patients were on it for a week and four of those six patients saw improvement in their conditions.
Additionally, on April 10, a 29-year-old patient was the first Israeli COVID-19 patient to be treated with Israel’s passive vaccine that injects a patient with antibodies to combat the virus. His condition improved from serious to stable on April 12, according to the Post.
As of this writing, there are 12,501 confirmed cases in Israel and 130 deaths.
Thanks for this article.
I’ve read elderberry is a natural anti-viral plant and is good for the immune system and to fight off colds. I use it, zinc, and vitamin C to get through flu season. I’m not a doctor but it don’t hurt and I haven’t had a cold, flu, or covid-19. I’m 68.
IAW and BDS are furious. :P
Israel is a country that tries to do the right thing... surrounded by enemies who wants that land and every Israeli dead...
God isn’t finished with that land and those people.... the muslims will not have that land. It is not theirs...
didja ever wonder why all that land full of people surrounding Israel... and they want that little piece bad enough to go to war and to be killed... it can hardly be seen on the map... but Jesus Christ is coming back to that little piece of land... and the other religion wants to stop it...as if they could..
My interpretation of what is really supposed to look like is that the southern boundary is the Nile and the northern boundary is the Euphrates river which is currently in Iraq. The western boundary is of course the sea and Everything east and south east going all the way to Saudi Arabia belongs to them!
Yes, the land given to them is more than what they live on. It will be fixed one day.
From the article:
“Importantly, Opaganib is targeting a critical host factor that the coronavirus is unlikely to evade via mutation in possible future outbreaks of the pandemic.”
Israel for the win!!!
RE: Opaganib
I wonder how much Opaganib costs...
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