UK’s regulator approves first drug designed specifically to tackle Covid-19

[Amity Island]

The medicines regulator has approved use of the first treatment in the UK using man-made antibodies to prevent and fight coronavirus.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid said approval of the first drug designed specifically for Covid-19 in the country is “fantastic news” and he hopes it can be rolled out for patients on the NHS “as soon as possible”.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the clinical trial data they had assessed has shown Ronapreve may be used to prevent infection, treat symptoms of acute Covid-19 infection and can reduce the likelihood of being admitted to hospital due to the virus.

UK’s regulator approves first drug designed specifically to tackle Covid-19

Health Secretary Sajid Javid said he hopes Ronapreve can be rolled out on the NHS as soon as possible.

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[Bruce Stephens]

The story also includes the quote

“It would be hard to justify giving what are likely to be limited supplies of a relatively expensive treatment to huge numbers of people who are likely to get better on their own.​

“On the other hand, it may play an important role in patients who are at higher risk of developing severe infection and who are more likely to end up in hospital.”​

So if you care about the NHS, take the vaccine if you can: this'll be expensive and mostly used for people who wouldn't benefit from the vaccine. (Great news for those people of course since antivirals like Remdesivir (also expensive) didn't seem to work that well.)

 

[Amity Island]

So if you care about the NHS, take the vaccine if you can: this'll be expensive and mostly used for people who wouldn't benefit from the vaccine. (Great news for those people of course since antivirals like Remdesivir (also expensive) didn't seem to work that well.)

Bruce,

The post isn't about how people feel about their NHS, or whether "you care about the NHS".

Given half of the people in hospital with covid are vaccinated, this treatment would benefit them too.

Half of Covid hospital cases fully vaccinated

Almost half of Covid-19 patients admitted to hospital so far this week have been fully vaccinated, the HSE director-general has said.Paul Reid said that 49 per

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[Bruce Stephens]

Given half of the people in hospital with covid are vaccinated, this treatment would benefit them too.

Yes, that's true.