Posted on 11/18/2021 12:14:10 PM PST by Red Badger
This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 -- also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19 -- isolated from a patient in the US. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The spikes on the outer edge of the virus particles give coronaviruses their name, crown-like. Credit: NIAID-RML
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Thursday announced that clinical trials of an antibody-based COVID-19 drug had shown robust efficacy and long-term prevention.
The Anglo-Swedish laboratory follows in the footsteps of US firms Merck and Pfizer, which announced in October and early November respectively that they had developed drugs that could prevent severe forms of the disease, and that could be taken at the first sign of symptoms.
The AstraZeneca drug AZD7442, made from a combination of two antibodies, has been undergoing final stage clinical trials to assess its safety and efficacy.
A six-month follow-up trial "showed robust efficacy from a one-time intramuscular (IM) dose of the long-acting antibody (LAAB) combination", it said in a statement.
One 300mg IM dose reduced the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 compared to placebo by 83 percent, it added.
More than 75 percent of participants had co-morbidities that put them at high risk for severe COVID-19 if they were to become infected, but no severe cases were recorded.
Another trial to test its efficacy in treating those already suffering from "mild to moderate" COVID symptoms showed that one 600mg IM dose reduced the risk of developing severe illness or death by 88 percent.
"These compelling results give me confidence that this long-acting antibody combination can provide my vulnerable patients with the long-lasting protection they urgently need to finally return to their everyday lives," said Hugh Montgomery, professor of intensive care medicine at University College London.
"Importantly, six months of protection was maintained despite the surge of the Delta variant among these high-risk participants who may not respond adequately to vaccination."
AstraZeneca said the full results of both trials would be submitted for publication to a peer-reviewed medical journal.
It has already submitted an application to US regulators for approval of the drug to treat COVID-19.
AstraZeneca's separate COVID vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, helped enable Britain's speedy COVID vaccination drive after it was approved in December 2020.
Astra-Zeneca. A name we can trust. /s
This stuff should a been done long time ago. Note:patentable treatment. 3 years from now...they will demonstrate that there are other chemical compounds...unpatentable ones, that work also...
“Importantly, six months of protection was maintained despite the surge of the Delta variant”......
That’s about as good as the current crop of vaxes. One shot and you’re done and it’s effective through the early stages of the disease.
Maybe if they grant fowxi some stock options, it’ll get approved here one day.
Red Badger: This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 — also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19 — isolated from a patient in the US.
Was it you that told us the SARS-CoV-2 virus has never been isolated?
Why no ads for the vaccines on the tele? I see so many for other meds. None for the Covid.
Probably...............
Too many lawyer ads..................
Yes, what do they call it? iVermectin instead of Ivermectin? A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DRUG than that awful ‘horse paste’.
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So a traditional vacc approach…no genetic modification?
Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of muh hat ...
Again???????
For me...must not utilize aborted fetal tissue/cells in the research, development and production. Must not alter human DNA.
I would consider a traditional vaccine made from inactivated particles of the virus just like the influenza vax.
Somethings really really creepy about how all these people, governments, corporations are pushing relentlessly these mRNA concoctions.
“Robust” = killing even more people.
Red Badger wrote: “Probably...............”
I appreciate your admission. But, don’t think you’re the Lone Ranger. IIRC, saying SARS-CoV-2 had never been isolated is a claim that has been quite popular in anti-vaxxer mythology.
This is a major problem on the web. Not just vaccine/virus/vaxxer sites but quite common in many other places and arguments. Some website will make a claim and it’s immediately pasted into multiple sites. No one bothers to validate the claim as long as it fits their preconceived narrative. (Note, I’m not accusing anti-vaxxers solely. Pro-vaxxers do it too.)
(Note, I’m not accusing anti-vaxxers solely. Pro-vaxxers do it too.)
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IMO that is pretty much true all across the board regardless of
the many avenues in life. Opinions vary and some get testy. JMO
didnt see anything about side effects plus no long term testing
FJB
Read later.
At first inspection, that statement cannot be true, for if it had "never been isolated" we would not know that it even existed or what it was, much less have a name. So people are spreading a statement that is demonstrably illogical from the beginning.
Kind of like 'Dark Matter' and 'Dark Energy' in the astrophysical arena, they don't know what it is, have never seen it, never measured it and never held it in their hands, but it exists and they are sure of it.
And it plugs holes in their 'theories' rather nicely............... .................................
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