The Netherlands Blood Bank announced the production of about 4 thousand doses of a Dutch medicine, which is a treatment with antibodies to the Corona virus, which is derived from blood plasma for those recovering from “Covid-19”, as the blood bank confirmed that the treatment is now ready for use, explaining that it is expected That plasma medicine is given first to people with weak immune systems such as cancer patients and people who have recently undergone transplantation, and it will be used as a treatment to prevent these cases from infection with the Corona virus.
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And the Dutch Blood Bank page wrote, on Facebook: “In recent months we have produced about 4 thousand doses of antibodies to the Coronavirus from donated plasma. This drug was made by order of the Ministry of Health with the help of thousands of donors who donated plasma with antibodies after infection. COVID-19 It is now ready for use. “
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The blood bank explained: “This drug is primarily used to prevent infection and disease in people with weakened immune systems. This relates, for example, to cancer patients and people who have undergone an organ transplant,” indicating that there will be other research to study the effectiveness of the drug. In the prevention of elderly people at risk from corona infection, especially people in nursing homes.
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For his part, Hugo de Jong, Minister of Public Health in the Netherlands, has allocated funding and drug doses for this study, and the preliminary results are expected to appear by the summer of next year..
“It is a good job, and I thank everyone who donated plasma, and now we have to quickly move to the next step, which is to start this innovative treatment,” said de Young, during his visit to the Dutch Blood Bank, on Tuesday, to see how the newly produced drug was manufactured.
It is noteworthy that earlier this year, the Ministry of Health provided 10 million euros to the blood bank to collect plasma and develop a plasma product that contains antibodies to the Coronavirus, and thousands of people recovering from the Corona virus donated plasma at that time.
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