SARS-CoV2 treatment

[sTeamTraen]

Tony Blair was on Radio 4 earlier with a number of proposals, one of which was to accelerate the use of new therapeutics based on monoclonal antibodies. Are those a realistic prospect, or do earlier comments in this thread about their cost still apply? I believe that Trump was given some sort of mAb cocktail, but I guess the budget for treating the POTUS is essentially unlimited.

[Woodchopper]

Tony Blair was on Radio 4 earlier with a number of proposals, one of which was to accelerate the use of new therapeutics based on monoclonal antibodies. Are those a realistic prospect, or do earlier comments in this thread about their cost still apply? I believe that Trump was given some sort of mAb cocktail, but I guess the budget for treating the POTUS is essentially unlimited.

Some commentary on trials here: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/a ... ibody-data

Doesn’t look like they make a dramatic difference

[shpalman]

Therapeutically administered ribonucleoside analogue MK-4482/EIDD-2801 blocks SARS-CoV-2 transmission in ferrets

Cox, R.M., Wolf, J.D. & Plemper, R.K., Nat Microbiol (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-020-00835-2

[shpalman]

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03 ... strategies