- Patients are asking to join clinical trials of antibody-based COVID-19 drugs after U.S. President Donald Trump was treated last week with an experimental therapy from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, and on Wednesday he promised to make it free to Americans while touting its benefits.
Trump was discharged from the hospital late on Monday, just a few days after being diagnosed with COVID-19 that caused enough lung inflammation for blood oxygen levels to fall. In a video shot outside the White House, Trump credited the Regeneron therapy for his feeling much better than when he was first diagnosed and said he would push for EUAs of that treatment and others like it. He mistakenly said the drug was called Regeneron.
Dr. Gary Kleiner, a pediatric immunologist at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and investigator in a trial designed to see if Regeneron’s antibodies can prevent coronavirus infection, said he has been approached by patients seeking the drug since last week. Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, speaking on Monday on CNN, said he was “strongly suspicious” that Regeneron’s drug has contributed to Trump’s progress. “Obviously you can’t prove that until you do a number of studies to show that it actually works,” he said.
“Patients most likely to benefit from this treatment have a similar profile to President Trump, in that they had undetectable antibodies at baseline and were early in the course of disease,” Regeneron spokeswoman Alexandra Bowie said in an emailed statement.
Enough said...
PaulSorrentino3 Still hoping a certain someone relapses hard. Really. Really. HARD.
So let's just ignore the fact that he's an 'unstable imbecile on steroids.' DexamethasoneDonnie
I wonder which GOP members have stock in Regeneron
Someone should tell the pro-lifers that it’s made from stem cells
Free? Does Regeneron know this? Or does he mean IF you have coverage it’s “free”
And let’s see how widely accepted or dispersed this drug will be for everyone infected from the US POTUS his billionaire friends down to the poorest person?its going to be equal & free for all right? Fat chance !!! Wake up people
Liberals will not take it if they are down with infection?
From your article the cost of the treatment is $1,500 plus profit and other expenses . It is easy to imagine that one vaccin will cost the average human about $10,000. I don't see many insurance company covering experimental drugs.
Trump Lies. There will be nothing Free on TrumpWorld.
I’m waiting with bated breath to see how you media people are going to badmouth and attack this treatment option.
Only those who can afford...
So will the U.S. pay 'Dr.' Trump's golf buddy at Regeneron for millions of doses like we paid for 63M doses of hydroxychloroquine? Y'know the pres is getting greased.
How much is that treatment?
This year, more than 300,000+ Americans will have their very first Thanksgiving & Christmas without their loved one(s) because Trump hid the truth about the COVID-19. While Trump got the royal treatment, their loved one(s) died alone & scared because Trump is an oppressor.