Australian government has purchased a product named ‘Sotrovimab’ with views to using it for treating Covid
Additional COVID-19 treatment for Australia
“Australia currently has drugs that treat the symptoms of COVID, and drugs which have been repurposed from other diseases. Now the government has placed an early order for a new drug,
sotrovimab, which works on COVID-19 virus particles in the body.
The federal government has
bought 7,700 doses of sotrovimab (pronounced so-tro-ve-mab), with an initial delivery due some time this year.
But the
COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce says
the clinical trial results are too preliminary for the drug to enter routine use here. The taskforce says until further evidence shows sotrovimab is effective, it should only be given to patients as part of a human clinical trial.”
The government has ordered 7,700 doses of sotrovimab. But until further evidence shows it’s effective, the guidelines say it should only be given to patients as part of a human clinical trial.
theconversation.com
“How does sotrovimab treat COVID?”
Sotrovimab works by
binding to the spike protein on the outside of the COVID-19 virus. This is the same
spike protein the body’s immune system is trained to recognise with the Pfizer COVID vaccine.
By binding to the spike protein, sotrovimab can block the virus from attaching to and entering human cells. This stops the virus replicating in the body.”
heard this on the radio last night...
I’m not very sciency, so maybe some folk here have knowledge about this?