{"id":137021,"date":"2021-09-25T17:57:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T12:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=137021"},"modified":"2021-09-29T14:48:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T09:18:49","slug":"covid-19-who-recommends-regeneron-antibody-therapy-for-high-risk-seronegative-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/covid-19-who-recommends-regeneron-antibody-therapy-for-high-risk-seronegative-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: WHO recommends Regeneron antibody therapy for high-risk &#038; seronegative patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is the news?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Recently,\u00a0World Health Organization (WHO) approved the <strong>Regeneron antibody combination<\/strong> for treatment of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is Regeneron?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Regeneron is a<b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> combination of two drugs \u2014\u00a0casirivimab\u00a0and\u00a0imdevimab.<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It has\u00a0reduced\u00a0mortality in seronegative patients with severe infections. The drug cocktail\u00a0replicates the natural antibody response of human beings. Last year it was\u00a0approved by\u00a0the Food and Drug Administration of the United States.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What are the\u00a0recommendations of WHO regarding this\u00a0therapy?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As per UN health agency, giving drugs in veins may be difficult in outpatient scenarios. For such cases, it recommended <\/span>application\u00a0of drugs under the skin.<\/p>\n<p>Specialised\u00a0clinics, adequate amounts of antibodies and trained medical staff will be required for the therapy.<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0This post is based on the article &#8221; C<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">OVID-19: WHO recommends Regeneron antibody therapy for high-risk &amp; seronegative patients\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8221; published in\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Down to Earth<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0on\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">24th September 2021.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the news?\u00a0 Recently,\u00a0World Health Organization (WHO) approved the Regeneron antibody combination for treatment of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).\u00a0 What is Regeneron?\u00a0 Regeneron is a combination of two drugs \u2014\u00a0casirivimab\u00a0and\u00a0imdevimab.\u00a0 It has\u00a0reduced\u00a0mortality in seronegative patients with severe infections. The drug cocktail\u00a0replicates the natural antibody response of human beings. Last year it was\u00a0approved by\u00a0the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/covid-19-who-recommends-regeneron-antibody-therapy-for-high-risk-seronegative-patients\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">COVID-19: WHO recommends Regeneron antibody therapy for high-risk &#038; seronegative patients<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10328,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[9094,8698,9995],"class_list":["post-137021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-biotechnology","tag-issues-related-with-health","tag-regeneron-antibody-therapy","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704935574},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}