Posted on 05/15/2020 4:20:57 PM PDT by rxsid
Sounds promising, additional info on the the big news from earlier today. This article was posted over a week ago:
Sorrento And Mount Sinai Health System To Jointly Develop COVI-SHIELD™ Antibody Therapy Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Infection (COVID-19)
May 08, 2020, 09:20 ET
Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRNE, "Sorrento") and Mount Sinai Health System ("Mount Sinai") have agreed to join forces in the investigation and development of an antibody cocktail (COVI-SHIELD™) to potentially treat COVID-19.
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Antibody cocktail therapy establishes a high barrier to development of treatment resistance while providing a protective therapy for the population at large. If approved, it is anticipated that COVI-SHIELD will be offered for administration as a prophylactic for those returning to work and as a therapeutic to those who have been exposed to SARS-CoV-2. COVI-SHIELD prevention and treatment is designed to be administered as often as necessary, with each dose expected to provide antiviral protection for up to two months.
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"It is our belief that as we re-open the country and the economy, we will see local flare-ups of infectious spread of SARS-CoV-2. Unfortunately, with coronaviruses, mutations are part of the equation and could render therapies ineffective over time" stated Dr Henry Ji, Chairman and CEO of Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc., before adding "It is our intention to develop a triple antibody prophylactic and therapeutic agent that would shield healthcare workers and at-risk patients. This therapy is designed to be resistant to future virus mutations and, if approved, should be made available in support of testing, tracing, vaccination and other therapeutic approaches to allow for efficient management of viral infection by protecting those most at risk for up to two months at a time".
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The feds need to watch this one closely.
We know China has "industrial" spies all over our country.
This company, if successful, must not be allowed to transfer it's "technology" to China (that will have been developed in partnership with Mount Sinai Health System)...only to have China turn this into a successful Covid-19/20/etc. treatment and charge the rest of the world for the treatment coupled with non-stop propaganda in the press about how China saved the world from this virus.
Great, won’t be taking it.
I have little faith there is a virus for coronavirus. But another treatment is a positive development.
Check the source for this "news:" PRNewswire, the ultimate media whoring outfit. They'll publish anything for you if you have the bucks.
OT and BTY - I recently received a FReepmail from Jim and Amy thanking me for my MONTHLY donation to FR. How about you?
This just got featured on WCBS TV Ch2 11pm News by its med repoter Max Gomez. He sounded optimistic and actually used the word cure. He especially foused on the role of Mount Sinai Medical Center which will provide 15,000 antibody sample.
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