This adds to the 3,000 doses of a similar medicine, RegN-Cov 2, developed by Switzerland’s Roche and US biotech company Regeneron.
Monoclonal antibodies, which are cloned in culture and injected into patients, are seen as highly promising treatments to neutralise the virus, particularly in serious cases of infection. The antibody was discovered by Swiss company Humabs BioMed.
Although the sotrovimab drug has yet to be granted regulatory approval in Switzerland, trials by GlaxoSmithKline show promising results, the government said in a press release on FridayExternal link.
The reservation of 3,000 doses of the drug was made on the recommendation of the Swiss National Covid-19 Taskforce.
The drug is intended as a treatment for at-risk patients who have an increased risk of severe infection.
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