Mr Trump was given REGN-COV2 before he travelled in a helicopter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre on Friday. However, Regeneron is planning to add more than 400 new jobs at its Limerick facility to support its medicine production. There are no approved treatments for Covid-19, but the Regeneron treatment is considered one of the more promising candidates, along with another antibody treatment developed by Eli Lilly. When it’s the president of the United States that “gets our attention.” Mr Schleifer has known Mr Trump casually for years, having been a member of his golf club in Westchester County. Mr Conley said in his letter that in addition to the Regeneron treatment, Mr Trump was also taking zinc, vitamin D, melatonin, a daily aspirin and famotidine, the generic name for the heartburn drug Pepcid.

Source: The Irish Times October 04, 2020 09:33 UTC