EXCLUSIVE — A California-based biopharmaceutical company claims to have discovered an antibody that could shield the human body from the coronavirus and flush it out of a person’s system within four days, Fox News has exclusively learned. POSSIBLE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE ENTERS HUMAN TESTING TRIALSorrento officials said that STI-1499 will likely be the first antibody in the cocktail. Dr. Mark Brunswick, senior vice president of Sorrento, said that developing antibody treatments may be more effective in quickly combating the coronavirus. While a vaccine treatment can take up to 18 months, effective anti-body treatment can become available in much less time and with a much higher success rate. He points out, however, that a quick approval from the Food and Drug Administration would be needed to make the antibody treatment available within months.
Source: Fox News May 15, 2020 12:11 UTC