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France authorizes the first synthetic antibody treatment for Covid-19

France authorizes the first synthetic antibody treatment for Covid-19

Published on: 02/28/2021 at 11:36 AM

                Les autorités françaises ont autorisé temporairement un traitement par anticorps monoclonaux pour les patients Covid à risque de développer des formes sévères de la maladie.  La thérapie, qui utilise des protéines de laboratoire pour mimer les défenses du système immunitaire, est la première du genre à être autorisée en France. 
            

Le ministre de la Santé Olivier Véran a déclaré que la France avait déjà reçu des milliers de doses du traitement monoclonal, développé par le pharmaceutique américain Eli Lilly

“These new treatments give us hope and strengthen our anti-Covid arsenal,” Véran said at a press conference on Thursday. “Some 83 hospitals are ready to start treatment, with caution, initially for patients aged 80 and over and those with immune disorders. “

The main health organization, DGS, said it would also be available for patients undergoing organ transplantation, dialysis or chemotherapy.

Véran said tens of thousands of more monoclonal antibody treatments will arrive next month.

The treatment, called bamlanivimab, uses a drip to deliver a cocktail of synthetic proteins that mimic the immune system’s ability to fight antigens such as viruses. It is produced locally at Eli Lilly’s site in Fegersheim, near Strasbourg in eastern France.

EU approval

On Friday, the European Union’s medicines agency EMA approved the monoclonal treatment developed by another US biotech, Regeneron.

            
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La recommandation peut être utilisée comme guide dans les pays de l'UE sur l'utilisation de l'association de traitements par casirivimab et imdevimab. L'EMA continuera à surveiller la thérapie combinée en temps réel, avant d'envisager une recommandation pour une autorisation de mise sur le marché.

Regeneron’s antibody cocktail was cleared for emergency use in the United States in November and was given to former U.S. President Donald Trump during his COVID-19 infection.

The regulator is also reviewing Eli Lilly’s treatment, along with another from Celltrion.

(with AFP, Reuters)

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